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Show This project will continue in an effort to arrive at the best possible pos-sible fish food for hatchery use. o past fiscal year which ended in the black. Gave Director J. Perry Per-ry Egan and the Department a vote of commendation and confidence con-fidence for this accomplishment in the face of increased costs and general wage raises for all cn ployees. Approved a letter being sent in protest to the charging of special fees for hunting, fishing, camping, or any other recreational recreation-al use of forest service lands. j Discussed and approved a report re-port by Chairman Sanderson regarding re-garding the" fish culture experi- ment at the Glenwood Hatchery. FISH AND GAME HIGHLIGHTS The Utah Fish and Game Commission Com-mission set' the season for the sage grouse v hunt as well as the opening date for this falls pheasant pheas-ant season during their quarterly meeting July 8-9. The commission commis-sion also made their recommendations recommen-dations to the U. S. Fish and ing the hunt will be set until further fur-ther information regarding this years pheasant crop is available. The commission set the dates for this years sage grouse hunt for September 13-14. Four bird limit for the two day season. A total of 690 permits to be issued at $3 a permit. Hunting areas and number of permits for each are as follows: Beaver, 25; Miners - Wildlife Service for the mourning mourn-ing dove season this year. Only the opening day for the pheasant hunt was set. This was scheduled for Saturday noon, November 8. This date was set for the convenience, of those who might wish to plan their time for this hunt. No season length, bag and possession limits, or other controlling factors govern- ville, 25; Panguitch Lake, 30; Bear Valley, 100; Dog Valley, 60; Grass Valley, 100; Seven Mile, 25; Vernon, 25; Diamond Mountain, Moun-tain, 50; Blue Mountain, 50; Fremont, Fre-mont, 50; Parker Mountain, 100; Strawberry, 50. Application for permits on all units will be received re-ceived by mail only in the offices of-fices of the Fish and Game Commission, Com-mission, and postmarked not later la-ter than 12 midnight, August 17. If more applications are received for any given unit, than the hum ber of permits allotted to that unit, a public drawing will be held. Recommendations for the mourning dove season are for September 1 thru September 10. Bag and possession limit ten birds. Shooting hours, 1-2 hour before sunrise until sunset. Counties to be opened for dove hunting: Beaver, Emery, Iron, Grand. Juab. Millard. San Juan. U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Approved estimated costs and plan for development of the Pine Valley Reservoir as a Din-gel-Johnson Project. Said project pro-ject to proceed, when concurrence of all parties at interest is obtained. ob-tained. Approved financial statement of departments operation during the higher counties would have already migrated from these areas. The above recommendations recommenda-tions are subject to approval by the U; S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Ser-vice. " ,. , ' t Other Commission actions included: in-cluded: Approval of several land- leases for a fixed fee or on an exchange use basis. Approved continued participation participa-tion of the predator control program pro-gram in conjunction with thej Tooele, Sanpete, Uintah, Utah, Washington, Wayne, and part of Duchesne, and Salt Lake Counties. Coun-ties. The September 1 opening date for the dove hunt was the earliest earli-est date allowable by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, who control the hunting of the dove since it is a migratory bird. It was felt that to include two week-ends in the hunt would set the opening date enough later that many locally raised birds in |