| Show the protection and ancl conservation of game animal and bird life of the uintah basin I 1 RULON HACKING senior high first prize tho the imo line ha has conic the canio game of tho the uintah banin neoda needs protection it ie in cither either protection or don dem truc tion for tho the game life of our country of course it would take boma year years to destroy it alt all hut but at tho the present rate of dec that timo time will eventually como come it Is 1 an acknowledged fact that tho the basin ie is one of the acot places in tho the tato state for sportsmen to participate in hunting and fishing la Is thero there any reason why it ho be the best I 1 eay say no why not make uintah basin 11 tho the hunters Hun tora paradise of tho the west wo live havo have tho the very hoet best of country for wild gamo game to range in tho the streams and lakes of our in are well supplied with fish wo we are not as much concerned at tho the present with tho the preservation of tho the fish ae as that problem haa has boon been some what solved by tho the installing of tho the fish hatchery at whiterocks While rocke thin hatchery has a present output of two million nh flah per year tho the gamo game birde birds of tho the basin aro are on the decrease thero there are a num bur of reasons for till this first the lilt 1111 gal hunter or chelf ho lie Is a thief fur for ho ht ie is taking something Komo thing that docent belong to him film in 1 greatly 1 for this thim decrease it its I 1 oRti mated that each comoto kills ono one hundred and fifty sage chickens per your year either by killing tho the bird or tho the ogg A 9 krestar reater effort should bo be mado made to got rid of till this roamer moro more money should lio lie offered ae an bounty for ilia his I 1 man alan IM is of himself moot response 1 blo for the premont decrease in tho the gaino life of our country to stop thie this man tine to educate himself to bo be a sport to BOO see tho the value and importance of protecting our ant main and birds wo we havu have within our valley a good of what protection will do twelve years ago twenty five live pairs of quail wore were imported in fit tho the valley through the protection of these wo we now have about ono one hundred thousand birds educated sportsmen it 1 what we wo need tho the law says for flah ah tel tes pounds but not to exceed forty fish per day nono none taken under seven lin hinchee clies in lens length rth ducks and geese twenty civo ducke ducks or eight geese and seventeen ducks not more than twenty alyo in any ono one day and not to exceed fifty birds in possession at any ono one time door deer ono one male door with horns not loea loan than five inches in length those aro are splendid laws it lived up to but death on game if not tho the law should be more strictly enforced stop that thief tho the timo time was as when doer deer elk buffalo and antelope ante lopo ranged on tho the mountains plains and in tho the valleys the gamo game hog and tho the illegal hunter huntor bavo have killed off those these animals until thoro aro are but tow few buffalo elk antelope ante lopo left in different sections of tho the country reservations aro are sot set apart for tho the protection of those animals tho the yellowstone park antelope island and the alabab forest are examples of this tills hero here these beast flock in horde herds their instinct tells them they havo have protection there it Is said that thoro there aro tire from front forty to fifty thousand deer in fit tho the kinbar forest protection makes for number A certain section of tho the uintah should bo be turned into a reserve for tho the protection of our game life it Is estimated that thoro there aro are from forty to fifty mountain sheep still living in the uintah mounta mountains fris ghego especially should be carefully guarded by all citizens as well as game wardens mountain cheep are very scarce so wo we should pride prida ourselves in this flock and do everything wo we can to preserve their humber bumber to havo have good hunting and flailing la is a big advertisement for our country tourists coming through inquire about our hunting or fishing conditions they ire tre told wo we have the best besl ashing fishing found anywhere in tho the west and our hunting cant bo be equalled equal led anywhere wo we have deer door elk antelope anto lopo mountain phoel etc such conditions would go a long way as an advertisement give tho the game a chance be a sport lets have fair play dont strike white while they aro are down individual fairness in sportsmanship A game reserve servo re tho the deu truc tion of destroying varmints var mints and then uintah basin tho the hunters Hunt cra paradise JENNIE DODDS junior high first prize fifty one years ago when ashley valley was first settled our forests were filled with game such as deer antelope buffalo mountain sheep beaver and anti otter today our forests are almost empty you very seldom soo see a deer mountain shoop sheep are nearly all gone and tho the buffalo aro a thing ot of tho the past tho the men who first came to uintah county had no idea what it meant to protect the animals they killed thorn them for food and used their hides for clothing and to beautify their cabins the animals that beautify the forests most and do men the least harm harin aro are the ones that men find tho the greatest pleasure in killing to increase tho the animals of our forests wo we must protect tho the breeding stock wo we must bo be suro sure the breeding grounds are not molested by men or domestic animals that can bo be assured by creating game pre preserves sees and bird sanctuaries which should be set aside for this purpose where there will be strict laws governing tho the management or movement of 0 game while on tho the re serve or sanctuary the bird sanctuaries tu arles should be located where they are best beat adapted to thriving grazing should bo be restricted from livestock as much as possible especially sheep the protection of useful and harm harns less forms of wild life and contro of injurious are two of thi tha principal activities of tho the bureau 0 1 biological survey according tc t tho the lost last annual report of the bur can tho the details ot of tho the apparently conflicting efforts to conserve and destroy emphasize tho the importance ot of wild animals and birds to our economic welfare prairie dogs havu havo been eliminated from consider considerable able areas and tho the number of largo large wolves has been so greatly reduced in the he west that it is thought that the end of their raids Is in in sight at the rate rato our animals are being killed fifty years from now our for oats will lo be 10 nod of anin laIR it now taken an expert hunter anil and to secure 1 or garno game it people could the value of ehme bilings they would do more to vv them each meason der door aro are wounded and anti loft to die me IN 1 thin conserving cone orving no it should lo 10 topped stopped if w wo over expect our gaino to increase tho the native birde birds of thie tills country havo a habit of nesting on or noar near tho the ground stock no doubt doe troy many nests and young life this T his should bu be and a campaign 1 started for tho the destruction of pro batory animal that aro are in tho the habit of preying on birds or robbing their nests anyone who Is acquainted with uintah county or has ever visited thi forests or wooded slopes within ita its boundaries or line has drunk from front ita its puro pure crystal like streams that rido riso within it and adjacent thereto tho roto will necessarily have to admit that the conditions aro are ideal for tho in ill cro creasing asing or propagation of many different diffor ont of wild laro all that la in needed to bring tills about ie is to be given proper protective laws enforced and prot protection eLtIon from predatory prod atory animals tho the production of aine in uintah county can bo ba many time increased without serious inflict with other interests Int oreate I 1 am of tho the opinion that under conditions tho the most desirable method ninth oil of propagation Is tho the combination of a short open season nylah the hatab lish ment of gamo game sanctuaries diore bere game Is protected from molestation or disturbance tho the overflow from those areas provides hunting with no possibility of reduction in the breeding stock when tho the anio amount of hunting in any given section can bo be controlled it can bo be so tatt only the surplus will bo be killed in any locality this tills will do away with the necessity of absolute protection on certain areas anc will allow for a greater utilization of the product productive ivo capacity of largo large areas at prescha it ii is only by means of gaino and bird sanctuaries thai that wo we can control tho the locality of th the re moval boval of what may bo be excess lock we inny protect tho the came game and in Vin tall county obtain excess stock which could bo be safely removed under tho the present form of tho the lawe laws however won even in fit a abort short open mennon with tho the unrestricted lit 11 suing of licenses a croat great many hunters may concentrate on oil a cor car itin urea and so deplete tho the breed t I 1 i ig ngock that several years of ab helut protection oro are necessary to nestoro it to normal if it it were pos 11 to control tho the numbers demov rd pd from froin certain arvas a vury very satiR satisfactory factory plan of mont could bo be tho the of tho the issuing leau of it cor maln number of for a given urea area would provide for thia this therefore 0 vo o work to that end if it wo expect to increase protect and anti conserve no game if life of county of establishing state gaine preserves or federal pres ryes tho the gamo game preserve proHor vo system 1 is tho most 1111 method ava if tho the sportsmen tamen demaid it lawe laws will bo be passed to thir tills effect A portion of 11 intall county ie is situated altu atod in fit tho the ashloc national for acet t which constitutes natural breed ca 1 ing grounds for fish flah and game tho the stream within county aro are all idoni ideal for the propagation of sav oral fl of trout and ae as a state fh ish hatchery lina has boon established at whiterocks Whito rocke utah thero there should bo be no trouble it tho the local people will work in operation cooperation co with the state to got sufficient to block stock the streams and lakes within KB its bound arles and with vigorous enforcement of slate state game laws they will bo be protected and will increase in connection I 1 will say that for the increasing protection and conservation alon of wild gamo game animal life in county we should expect to accomplish I 1 A system of gamo game refuges 2 vigorous enforcement of tho the state game laws 3 stocking of empty waters and restocking of depleted waters with suitable fish 4 active operation cooperation co with tho the vernal gun club and forest service eor vice in educating the public in the value of flah and game resources and the necessity for their intelligent use and tho the recording of data regarding the varieties and habits of wild life |
