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Show land legislation affect the use of public lands, is strongly advocated in the report, but it is also urged that fish and game men should not get into the habit of voting "no" to cveiy suggestion they make, but that bettor cooperation is desirable. Discretionary I'uwcr .Seeded More discretionary power for the fish and game administration should be granted by legislators, Mr. Anderson says. Absolute fairness in dealing with private range owners is declared vital to public confidence in the fish and game program. Improvement in the conducting of the last elk hunt, from a conservation conser-vation standpoint, is claimed. Recommendation Rec-ommendation of yearly hunts, with a smaller number of elk to be killed, kill-ed, is made. A meeting with land owning groups is suggested, with the aim oi solving the' elk and der situation situa-tion in the best possible manner. The inclusion of the mountain , area east of Provo in the Uintah national forest was favored, and documents to that effect will be forwarded to Utah congressmen. A motion was passed to the effect ef-fect that sportsmen of the county shall wait upon the county commission commis-sion to urge that the Utah fire law a local option measure be made effective. Harold Makin was named as the official Provo delegate to Friday's state meeting. In connection with the Powell : Slough resolution, a statement of Governor Dern was quoted as fol-I fol-I lows: "It is mv firm belief that the rights of the public, on nil state lands, to shoot and fish and enjoy other legitimate recreational privileges privi-leges should be forever maintained and as a member of the state land board I pledge you my support in support in maintaining these rights." The Powell Slough resolution passed by the Utah county sportsmen sports-men follows: -Our position respecting Powell Slough as well as nil other public lands and waters, is that all lands should be put to their highest use. Where there is a clash between the public and private interests public interest should come first and private pri-vate interest second. "No Agricultural Interference "We believe that every possible ligitimate use should be made of the shore lands of Utah lake. We M-e certain that the best interests tf the public will be served by using us-ing Powell Slough as a rearing pond for bass and a refuge for birds. We are in no way attempting to prevent agricultural use of any possible agricultural lands anywhere. any-where. But here we have a case where agriculture is impossible and the area in question is ideally adapted to the use that we suggest. "We therefore claim that no small group has either legal or moral rights to interfere with the proposed propos-ed project that is to be carried on by the state in the interests of the general public. We urge that the work as proposed proceed at once. That in the case of any further -n-test or interference by the so-called SPORTSMEN OF UTAH COUNTY HOLD SESSION Action on problems vital to Utah county sportsmen was taken at Wednesday night's joint meeting of the Utah County conservation associations asso-ciations and the Izaak Walton league. Definite stand on the Powell Slough question; adoption of a report re-port on the big game problem; movement favoring the inclusion of the mountain east of Provo in the Uintah national forest, and decision to discuss effectiveness of the Utah j fire law with the county commis- i sion were the outstanding decisions of the meeting. State Meeting; Friday I The Powell Slough and big game j stands will be reported to the state i association at Friday evening's meeting in Salt Lake, which will be attended by a large number of Utah county sportsmen. Public interest's priority over private interest was the keynote of the Powell Slough resolution, drawn up by Mark Anderson and adopted by the assembled sportsmen sports-men as a resolution to be presented to the state body. Sportsmen- expressed themselves as , strongly in favor of the use of this slough as a bass rearing pond and a bird refuge. A report, prepared by Mark Anderson An-derson for the state association on the big game problem was read, and was heartily approved by the county coun-ty sportsmen. In this report, Mr. Anderson urges quick settlement of deer and elk damage claims, to strengthen the state association's position with the public, complaining of damage inflicted by deer and elk. Opposition to the stockmen, when they seek to gain unfair advantage advan-tage in the matter of important land owners, that we demand -t clear statement from state and fed. eral authorities and appropriate action ac-tion to prevent any further inter, ference with the public in the er joyment of recreation privileges, o-other o-other uses of public lands or water' about Utah lake or other areas o similar status anywhere in the ate of Utah." |
