Vernal Express | 1948-05-26 | Page 11 | Water Holes for Game Birds Proposed

water W air aur rivies hole hoie s for bor C or arwa i RS birds bame mi prop frO try afy A DOSed nosed os ed 1 the utah A ti fish and game de r apartment part ment was wag today investigating the possibility of providing mod ern water holes for upland game birds as a result of some surveys made recently by ross hoss leonard state games director during his ills trip to director leonard e examined specially built rain collectors which california game au a thorl ties use in the hot regions for quail propagation and which have proved their worth in bringing up the quail populations je in the arid regions the C water awl holes uhe are cement 1 made and protected allowing nain rain water to collect in one sec see tion of the covered section where only quail and small birds can reach ht it the water supply will remain sufficient with only three inches i nf ol rainfall rai ral niall yearly the utah chief has asked for tor blueprints of the gallinaceous guzzler as it is called on the coast california has built the water holes for each and constructed them in locations where food and cover are aban dant but water Is lacking in some areas leonard said quail population has jumped from 15 to birds