Show I FISHING SEASON WILL VILL BE IDEAL COOK PREDICTS With ideal water conditions prevailing prevailing prevailing pre pre- and millions of addi additional trout to be planted during the late spring and summer Utah's Isaac Waltons should shoud enjoy one of I Ithe the finest fishing seasons in many y years Newel B. B Cook Commissioner Commissioner Commis Commis- of the Utah Fish and game department announces Every effort is being made by bythe bythe bythe the department to plant as many legal fish as possible in all streams throughout the state in time for the opening of the fishing fishing fishing fish fish- ing season in all streams Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Comm Comm- Cook said Through the financial assistance furnished by the Utah Works Progress Administration the State Fish and Game department has been able to increase its hatchery capacity by nearly 50 per cent making it possible to place approximately ap- ap proximately legal sized fish ish from 7 to 12 inches in the hundreds of streams and lakes in inthe inthe inthe the 29 counties of the state stat Had From Irom Nearly a score of hatcheries have been constructed or improved ed at a total cost of approximately approximate approxImate- ly enabling the state department department de de- de- de to increase the number of fish to be planted throughout 1936 by several millions Of the total expended in an effort to tomake tomake tomake make the Utah streams a fishing paradise the federal government through the Works Progress ns Administration Administration Administration Ad Ad- ministration contributed more than in supplying employment em em- employment to hundreds hundreds' of heads of families who were formerly on re reher relief re- re her lief while the state spent around for materials and supplies on the gigantic program am county and local fish and game Full cooperation of all state protective e associations has be been n received by th the fish and game department and the Works Progress Pro Pro- gr gross gress 3 Administration in carrying out this extensive program in nearly nearly nearly ne ne- arly every section of Utah natcher Hatchery At Whiterocks s sIn In order that all sections of Utah Utah Utah U- U tah will vill afford fine fishing advantages tage the new 3 and improvements improvements improvements im im- im- im have been so located that all streams and lakes lak-es can be stocked as rapidly and thoroughly thorough thorough- ly as water conditions permit The new development work carried callied out by the state and government go is located in Cache Weber Salt Lake Utah Garfield Wayne Varn Uintah Uintah Uintah U- U Wasatch Box Elder Eder Summit Summit Summit Sum Sum- mit Juab and Sevier counties The fishing fishing- in the Uintah basin basin basin bas bas- in will vill be greatly improved thru the program carried on at th the Whiterocks hatchery near Roo Roose velt The entire hatchery has been enlarged and several se new rearing ponds constructed The number of fish ish to b be planted this year will total close to two n mil million million mil mil- l- l lion including a quarter million I legal size j |