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Show ditions when the river failed to quickly cut a channel through the obstruction. The river cut through the present pre-sent slide after being stopped for only a few hours. A survey of the river below the slide by Department De-partment employees showed no loss of fish from the present incidence. partment personnel is offered by the director. Injured or dead game, where-ever where-ever found, should be reported to the Fish and Game offices or to the warden in the area concerned. con-cerned. Chief Warden Golden Peay cites that it is against the law to move, molest, or have in possession any game, whether alive or dead, without permission permis-sion of the Department. The present loss of deer thru injury has brought numerous calls each day to the Department offices and field men alike. Beside Be-side being against the law, much work and time of Department employees is lost when these calls are answered only to find the animal has been moved since the call came to them. Mr. Peay urges everyone to leave the animal ani-mal lay and call the Department or a warden as soon as possible. Much good leadership and work is being lost by members of Utah's Wildlife Federations through lack of sponsorship of important projects which are important to conservation as it concerns the whole state. Three such projects receiving much attention at-tention from the Utah Fish and Game Department are: an active program for betterment of sDorts man-landowner relations; youth activity and participation projects; pro-jects; a comprehensive reseeding program. Considerable good work has been, and is, being done by individual in-dividual wildlife federations over ov-er the state on several such projects. pro-jects. There is need for a more comprehensive program by all federations along the lines of the above mentioned projects, according ac-cording to Director J. Perry Egan. Assistance and guidance in such work by qualified De- FISH AND GAME HIGHLIGHT No apparent damage to fish or wildlife has resulted from the recent extensive snowslide in Provo Canyon. Concern was felt that there might be a considerable consider-able fish loss below the slide area. Such a loss occurred some few years ago under similar con- |