| Show Beaver Planted At Dry Fork by Utah Game Dept State Beaver Commissioner J P Madsen and Deputy Game War Warden War War- Warden Warden den Floyd C Noel transported four potential fur coats through Vernal Saturday to Dry established established established Canyon where here they a state supervised beaver colony The four animals two I adults and aud two kits are to form the nucleus for extensive heMer I propagation In the Can on vic vicinity vie vie- I and are to be cared for bythe by bythe the Massey brothers who run a ai asa i sa saw W mill mm there Mr Madsen reports that beaver are on the Increase in Utah with io a present l population of 5 of the fur-bearers fur In Duchesne coun coun- county coun- coun county county ty there has been an Increase of almost 1500 in the last ten years Under the present state plan for beaver er propagation the ani- ani animals animals ani animals mals are planted throughout the state and ancl caretakers are emPlOyed to protect them According to Mr Madsen beaver are valuable to the state not only as fur-bearers fur but provide rearing ponds for fish and andare andare andare are also aIso valuable from front the stand standpoint standpoint standpoint point of erosion control A small number of beaver er will wUl be trapped in the state this winter for commercial purposes |
