| Show field by vernon W shields three cheers and a bouquet of orchids to senator arthur V wat kins and representative william A dawson senator watkins has a bill before congress to add acres to the wasatch and umlah national forests and rep dawson said he will fight to have the bill passed even though the stockmen may be opposed to it enlarge ments of the two national forests he said is of vital concern to utah and especially the deer creek ir project because these lands he lie entirely in watershed that feeds the deer creek reservoir he says say he does not intend to permit a minority group like the interior department and the stockmen to stand in the way of this highly essential legislation we need more men ike 1 ke sen sell watkins and rep dawson who will stick up for the rights of the public instead of just working for a few selfish interests more power to them here is some dope on what the fish and game department is do ing to build up our pheasant pop in the state the state having help from fed eral pittman robertson funds has started setting up a series of pheasant sanctuaries all of them located strategically in the state states s best pheasant country the fish and game department has burch ased a 60 acre plot for an upland bird refuge near logan and a 40 acre piece in boxelder Box elder county near tremonton Tre monton in the heart of some choice birdland eight acres have been purchased at roosevelt and 60 acres in the duchesne vicinity negotiations are under way for an 8 acre plot in the vernal district and 40 acres in emery county near castle dale in the cedar city reg ion they have purchased and plant ed a acre piece and another near burraston pond in juab coun ty y richfield sanctuary between richfield ich field and glenwood has also been een started with this ground eonard leonard explained the state will seed it properly and make the nee essary improvements for ideal game bird cover part of each plot will be fenced with vermin tite wire to keep rodents and other pre daters off the premises so young birds can be raised these refuges will be closed at all times and guarded when the b ads become too plentiful on them i they will be live trapped and amov ed to other regions near by this is a good program and it shows that the fish and game department is really using the sportsmen s money the way is should be used through the efforts of the sports men of tooele thoele county the bound ary lines of the stansbury gan game preserve have been moved back to to the foot hills where they belong the boundary line use to be along the highway west and north of grantsville Grants ville and along the east side of the road up skull valley you can now pack a gun hunt rab bits etc back to the foothills without mr garrard getting in your hair why the boundary line was ever placed along these high ways I 1 don t know its it s something the sportsmen of this county should have never stood for in the first place the state board of directors of the utah Sports sportsmen mens s association has passed a resolution asking the fish and game department to conduct a complete range survey on the west heaston preserve they want to know exactly what the condition of this range is barly from pass canyon to above lake point they are of the op imon that nature has already re deuced the deer herd quite low and hey they see no need for further re unless the range is in a very deplorable condition according to a report I 1 just re from the fish and game de apartment part ment deer hunters hunt ed on stansbury mountain last year of this number 1965 got their buck that is a 63 percent kill for that district I 1 am informed that certain interests are demanding another doe tall lull here next year they also want south willow can yon thrown open to hunting again first it s open then it s closed then its opened again yeah gods somebody ought to make up their minds some time on this thing |
