Show I Stewart Lake N Nesting Nesting- and andI I Hunting Ground Proves Very Successful Project Reverse English In dyke con con- conduction ruction employed on a Progress Administration project on the Green river at Stewart Lakes near rnear Jensen Je n has Improved d the most Important duck breeding ground m in Eastern Utah to a point where production of waterfowl will willbe be more than according to Newell B Cook Utah State fish and Game Commissioner While dykes are generally bum built to retain water this structure was built to Veep flood waters o of the Green Oreen river from Hooding flooding the duck nesting area during the run run- runoff run off off In the spring The dyke Is approximately 8 feet high and Is Js more than a amile mlle mile long Approximately Approximate 1000 acres of the finest duck breeding area In thel the state tate will wUl be ba protected by the pro pro pro- project pro pro-I Heretofore the area was sub submerged sub sub- submerged submerged merged by high water from the I Green River during the flood season sea sea- season sea season son and nests and eggs of the breeding wildfowl were ere destroyed At the conclusion of the spring runoff hundreds of thousands of duck eggs spoiled by high water ater I could be found In windrows windrow near I the margin of the marsh area I Since a federal project w was was s dEs dE's des Ithe and the dyke constructed I the e cater wat nt ater r level In the nesting area I will remain constant The d I begins I at a point north of the ref refuge ref ref- refuge uge and extends to high ground to the south of or the area It Is Ls suf- suf sufficiently suf sufficiently ret ret-I I high to keep flood wa- wa waters wa waters tel's out of the new refuge refUe I |