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Show UTAH FISH, GAME LEADERS OUTLINE PROJECTS FOR '46 A far-reaching program of Utah wildlife conservation projects for 1946, to be financed under terms of Pittman-Robertson act, has been drafted by the Utah State Fish and Game department despite recent action by an economy-minded economy-minded house appropriations committee com-mittee which lopped a million dollars dol-lars off the original request for $3,000,000 to be allotted throughout through-out the nation. "We are confident that the million mil-lion dollars will be restored as the result of concerted action by state game leaders," Ross Leonard, Utah fish and game director, asserted. "Consequently, we have drafted our program on the basis of the original request." He explained that under the $3,000,000 request, Utah will receive re-ceive in the neighborhood of $60,-000. $60,-000. Should the million-dollar reduction re-duction not be restored then the state will receive about $40,000. State appropriations are pro-rated on the basis of license sales. R. L. Turpih, federal aid coordinator co-ordinator for the state game department, de-partment, explained that Pittman-Robertson Pittman-Robertson monies may be expended expend-ed under four categories with a fifth expected to be added in the near future. The four are: 1 Development De-velopment of existing or new wildlife wild-life conservation projects; 2 surveys and investigations of wildlife wild-life projects; 3 land acquisition; 4 coodination, under which comes administration of projects in the other three. The expected fifth category, now pending before Congress, is maintenance of projects completed with Pittman-Robertson funds. Passage of this fifth division will give states financial assistance in the payment of caretaker salaries salar-ies and maintenance costs, Tur-pin Tur-pin explained. The biggest Utah projects under un-der No. 1 will be further development develop-ment of the Ogden bay migratory wild fowl area, Mr. Turpin said. "We are fortunate in having $18,000 of unexpended funds held over from a pre-war Pittman-Robertson appropriation for this job," Mr. Turpin asserted, explaining that the project was suspended when a CCC camp was moved out by presidential order at the beginning be-ginning of the war. He announced that 1946 plans call for completion of wSrk on Unit No. 3 with further development develop-ment anticipated toward completing complet-ing Units 1 and 2. The unspent $18,000, he said, will be sufficient to complete the work on No. 3, and possibly all of No. 1. Additional Addi-tional work on Unit 2 will come out of the new appropriation. Under the third category of Pittman-Robertson work, Mr. Turpin Tur-pin asserted, will come a continued continu-ed program of land acquisition, which will place emphasis on the purchase of ibig game wintering ranges, In addition, he said, the department intends to buy certain cer-tain sanctuary areas for pheasants as well as additional waterfowl areas. |