Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-09-02 | Page 14 | Sport Talk Anda with Not

i 1 The Ducks I The possibility that many thou thou- ands of ducks and geese may he be by alkalI poison polson in the B Bear ar R cr bay region has fired Utah Into activity and now numerous numerous and schemes schem of at saving saving the birds are being worked out In one Instance a committee has been formed to Interview the Utah Power Light company officials In Inthe inthe the hope of securing water from the Cutlet dam the main source o It water supply for that district Other parties plan to makeS make visits to the grounds and carry the sick birds to fresh water State fish and game department wardens are being sent ent to that as asIn In fact everything possible is being beng be- be ing ng done to avert the dreaded death by the alkali poison nd at the same time many other sportsmen are crying Why hasn't something been done one before to save these birds instead of waiting until death threatens them Yes why hasn't som something th g. g ben been done C C S SWELL WELL BECAUSE THOSE FISH AND GAME EXPERTS EX- EX WHO WERE FARSIGHTED FARSIGHTED FAR FAR- SIGHTED ENOUGH TO SEE THIS DISASTER DISASTER ni TN THE DISTANCE DIDN'T GET AN ANY SUPPORT D David vid H Madsen now Superintendent ot of the Bear River bay project cot has been working for the pM past tl fIve years educating the public to th the f fact ct that care must be taken talen talento to protect the birds not only by restricting some districts having open and closed seasons and a bag limit but also from the dreaded poisoning of at flat The poisoning Is caused by the drying up of alkali flat once Coy Coy- ored ez-ed by water and then an Influx ot of water from light rain or additional addi- addi stream waters covering the I flats becoming stagnant and absorbing absorbing ab- ab the alkali polso S S S Such a condition is Inevitable because of the great amount of we- we ter tei- directed to other lands for irrigation ir- ir ir- ir or stored up in reservOIrs reservoirs i for dry spells unless care is taken I t to provide water for the birds That is just exactly what and game experts have be been n attempting at- at tempting to pound into the skulls I of not only Utah sportsmen but bul those o of the nation as well S S S SIn In the spring the government after two years ears of stalling and bIckering finally did appropriate enough money to carr carry on Madsen's proposed project Work Vork to date however has done but little good 5 but next year and the followIng year ear the peril perl 1 of alkali poisoning which seems likely to rob sportsmen sportsmen sports sports- men of at a mIllion or so ducks In Inthis Inthis this section be removed But at present all we can really really do is to help what little we can and pray that weather conditions will willbe be b. such that a small portion of such I will receive such untimely deaths S C S SI I J r I Fish and Game Howlers In this state are numerous numerous numer- numer ous and loud In their mOans of poor fishing and hunting this season True the fishing has been poor game so scarce that the Beason has b been n declared for 1928 c But what about the other states Isn't It the same condition In the same ame proportion Yes it certainly is J I just returned from a fishing and hunting trip In Idaho and Wyo- Wyo ruing and I found conditions ex- ex the same I 1 visited an old fIshing stream where three years ago I 1 caught my limit within an hour Last week I caught a halt dozen fish after bout about twelve hours ot r work S S S TIlE E HUNTING TOO WAS 2 HE SAME I IN A SPOT WhERE BEFORE I 1 IAD I-IAD HAD SHOT ONLY THE YOUNG GROUSE AND I SAGE HENS B BECAUSE CAUSE OF 01 I. I THEIR ABUNDANCE I FELT LUCKY TO GET A COUPLE COUPIE OF OLD lIENS AND A COCK COCI FEELING DISSATISFIED WITH WIT THAT LOC LITY I MOVED TO OTHERS AND FOUND CONDITIONS CONDITION'S CONDL- CONDL TION'S THE SAME WHERE TILE THE FISHING AND HUNTING HAD lIAt ONCE BEEN WONDERFUL I IT IS NOW ONLY MEDIOCRE AT THAT IT W WAiS S BElTER THAN IN UTAH Ss S's But when you ou consider that this I state h s been thickly populated ac S many more years than has Wyo Wyo- ming and Idaho and that man many r times more hunters and fi fishermen hermer I h bunt nt and fish Its waters nd hills you really wonder vonder just WI vs it is a s C good as It Is S S S The heavy influx of hunters ans and fishermen did not hit Wyoming ans and 1 I Idaho aho until just a few years aDo Since then however the fish an and I game have decreased greatly Ef Ef- EfI I forts however are being made t to 0 heck check the decrease by smalle limits lim lim- its closed seasons a and d replanting I If enough money and time is spen spent t In that work perhaps old conditions condi condi- will prevail and fish and game gam C will in abundance a But n is a a. tough ol old El nr and unless Idaho an and d sportsmen come to th the 6 rescue much better than Uta Utah ii sportsmen have up until the pas past t two years the fishing and g ot of those states will become poorer gr r than It Is here The sport has merely mere become a commercial problem and can b be e settled only In a commercial way way- with mone money It is simply up to th the e sportsmen themselves J j