Show v. v I West Warn d tt r rYo To Yo Guard r g Public Lands Lands CHICAGO April 8 S UP Art An official of the Izaak Walton l league Thursday warned the west vest against destroying valuable recreational resources to gain some ten temporary economic benefits for special In In in- r J JWilliam William VoIght Jr of Denver western representative ep S e at t the e leagues league c convention said the th west vest is beginning to suffer from the same same recreational hindsight that has hn pl plagued the rest of ot the h cou country try for years He told convention deJe delegates ates that western estern states had U the same problems problem as other se sections of f. f the nation plus th those se involving public lands and the b best st use of critically ally short water vater supplies For lack Jack of foresight ht h he lie said Eald man many of f. f the th famed recreational recreational- r regions ns out ut in the west vest are de degen degen- en crating anti and some wont won't last Jast out our our lifetimes He pointed out that the e east st and middle west had to pay heavIly fly lly to reclaim areas area they could uld have had for a song It If they had realized their value early arly enough Earlier Croswell Henderson aquatic biologist for lor the U. U S. S fish and wildlife service praised the league for its fight against pollution pollution tion of the Shenandoah river of f fVirgInIa Virginia and West Vest Virginia He also cited the league for Its attack against g one one Shenandoah dam darn construction proposal l wI which I h would have destroyed much valuable vl val farm land |