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Show be of value to the Board in setting the annual big game harvest. We urge anyone having such recommendations recom-mendations to submit them to the Board during these public meet-, ings. Each one will be carefully-weighed carefully-weighed during our executive session." ses-sion." Schedule of the meetings is as follows: June 23, Panguitch, 7:30 p.m., County Court House; June 24, Gunnison, 7:30 p.m., High School Building; June 25, Vernal, 7:30 p.m., County Court House; June 26, Salt Lake City, 7:30 p.m., State Capitol Building; June 27, Logan, 7:30 p.m., City and County Building. Advent of the warm seasons in Utah finds the usual increase in the molesting and adoption of our wildlife youngsters by well-meaning but misinformed people. Few wildlife species escape this annual plague. From the song bird youngster fallen from the nest, to the deer fawn in its bed at rest, the little creatures are stumbled upon or "discovered," then injured through molesting or carried away to what usually becomes a sad end. State wardens point out ;that nature well endows these ; young ones to care for themselves. They may be orphaned through such molesting. It is a rare case when the parent is not near at hand, all signs and sounds to the contrary. They advise to leave them where you find them. . The wardens also point out that it is unlawful to hunt, trap for, pursue, shoot at, kill, injure or destroy, or hold in captivity, any game animals, birds, or fish of this state. Violations are punishable punish-able by a fine of not less than $200 or 90 days imprisonment. It is best to leave them where you find them. Let Mother Nature care for her own youngsters. Fish and Game News Notes . . . Opening weekend of Utah's general gen-eral trout fishing season, June 14-15, found record numbers of anglers an-glers on lakes and streams over the state. Resort and other facilities facili-ties were entirely inadequate to accomodate the crowds that showed show-ed up at favorite fishing waters. As predicted earlier by Fish and Game Department spokesmen, many stream's were still running high and roily from the heavy winter win-ter snows. This condition tended to concentrate greater numbers of anglers on the lakes and reservoirs. reser-voirs. It was here that general hard winds kept boats off these waters and resulted in lighter catches than had been expected by many. Fishing was generally good and near a par with the opening a year ago in spite of these adverse conditions, con-ditions, as shown by reports coming com-ing to Department offices. Fish Lake in Sevier County, one of the, best known and most fished of all the states stillwaters, was chosen for a road check of fishermen fisher-men leaving that area Saturday. The following figures indicate the angler success there: 540 cars checked; 1275 licenses; 6051 rainbow, rain-bow, 92 mackinaw, 226 eastern brook, 77 native, for a total of 6446 trout taken; average length was 12 inches. This averages to slightly over 5 fish per license checked. It is estimated esti-mated that there were well over 4,000 fishermen in this area alone. At one time 575 boats were counted count-ed on' the lake. At the same time 126 fishermen were counted along an estimated one mile of shoreline. shore-line. Ample stocks of legal and other sizo trout remain in the 12 state hatcheries for planting as the season sea-son progresses. Streams which were not planted previously because be-cause of high and roily waters will receive a normal supply of these fish as water conditions permit, per-mit, v Utah's anglers gave more heed to the laws than in the past during dur-ing the opening days of the trout season this year, according to reports re-ports coming to the Fish and Game ofices from the Department Game Wardens. A minimum af arrests this year speaks well for better observance and understanding of the laws governing the trout season. sea-son. Most violations noted were for the possession of too many fish. Chief Warden Golden B. Peay noted that. "First reports of arrests ar-rests during the opening days of the trout season indicate a desire by more fishermen to observe the .law. We are hopeful such observance observ-ance will continue throughout the year." It was also noted that with few exceptions, fishermen were proper-lv proper-lv wearing their permanent visible license on their outer clothing. However, many licenses checked did not have the owners name, address, ad-dress, and other required information informa-tion properly written in ink on their visible card, according to Mr. Peay. He said, "It is the obligation under the law for the license holder hold-er to porperly fill in the spaces provided for his name, address, and other information as noted on the permanent visible license number num-ber card. Ho should further validate vali-date his preset fishing and (or) hunting stamp with the prefix letter let-ter and number of his visible number num-ber card before affixing that stamp to the place provided on the card." Dates of the five annual public meetings of the Utah Board of Big Game Control are June 23 through June 27. One such meeting is held in each Fish and Game Commissioner Commis-sioner district of the state prior to the executive session of the Board. It is at this session that the type of hunt, special hunts, number of animals to be taken, and other governing factors are set for each of the big game herds. Those include deer, elk, antelope, and bison. Board Chairman J. Perry Egan said, "The recommendations of any individual or group should be presented at the public meeting held in their district. These recommendations recom-mendations should be based on investigation in-vestigation and fact if they are to |