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Show v Fish and Game Mews Notes . . . Field work is again getting under un-der way in the inventory and fisheries fish-eries survey work project being conducted by the Utah Department of Fish and Game. This work was started a year ago March 1, as a three year project pro-ject under federal aid approval as one of the first so approved. Seventy-five per cent of the moneys expended are reimbursable to the department from Dingle-Johnson funds. The funds are derived from a federal tax on sports fishing equipment. ocqje vl uiie worH win include in-clude an evaluation of fish habitat, carrying capacity and other important im-portant factors concerning the fishery fish-ery values ,in the state's streams and still waters. The drainages of the Bear, Price and Sevier Rivers were covered during the first year of work under un-der the survey. Compilation of the data thus gathered has been made during the winter or "closed" months. Director J. Perry Egan commented com-mented that, "We expect the information in-formation gathered by our present fisheries inventory to be a vital factor in forecasting a better stocking program for many of the state's waters." Deer hunters can look forward to another prime season during the fall hunts this year. This prediction is forecast by game division spokesmen following the annual spring range and trend count surveys. Chief reason for such a forecast is based upon the increased number num-ber of animals counted in nearly all of the state's sixty-two deer hunting hunt-ing units. With poor counting conditions con-ditions expected because of the mild Winter and lack of snow cover, the animals still were seen in greater numbers than a year ago. Critical range-herd conditions exist in several areas, most of them in the south portions of the state. Winter die-offs from malnutrition have been noted in at least two areas. These are in the Cove Mountain Moun-tain and Antimony sections. Special harvest measures will be needed to bring several of the herds to the carrying capacity of the ranges where a serious lack of winter forage continues to threaten threat-en losses of the herds involved. It presently appears that department depart-ment recommendations will be made to the board of big game control con-trol for early, late, two deer and other type special hunts for that body's consideration in setting the fall deer seasons in problem areas. The board is authority for setting sett-ing all big game hunts in Utah. . |