| Show f Navajo Navajo Lake Tr Trout i Threatened by Shortage of Oxygen Navajo lake scenic spot in the mo mountains east cast of Cedar City w which ich has produced some great fishing at times im s js Is Is l In danger danger danger dan dan- ger of losing most mos of its fish this spring a a report by by M Marion J. J Madsen superintendent of fisheries of the state fish and game department revealed Saturday Back from a trip via snow tank Into nto the lake ar area a Ma Madsen sen said Only about one half of the lake water is good the lower only one-fourth one of a part oxygen to o one one million p parts of or water water- which Is not enough to keep fish Fish need between three and four parts oxygen per million of water ater to o. o live One ray of hope I is Ii being ing held i out If t the e ice breaks breaks' up early and the wind shakes up the water there here is a a chance that the fish loss oss will not be too great The Theop top op six feet of water vater is all right up to this date We would have lost all our fish ish in Navajo lake this year year If Jf we ve hadn't had the four-foot four extension extension exten- exten sion lon on on the dike Madsen said The water at Navajo is not Unusually unusually unusually un un- usually low this year but we are faced aced with the same old problem that hat has created a loss here for many yea years We Ve have proved that stocking locking the lake is not the answer to o Navajo lakes lake's fishing question It t Is b the water Itself the state having laving planted enough fish in this water to make it one of the best fishing ponds in the country As Ast It t is it is a poor investment and andins has has' ins been for many years The losses have been too great |
