Show VOt st S 1 S high Ph ll At WASHINGTON-At request of Sen Wallace F Bennett Utah R-Utah the Forest Service hits has given gen general ral approval to fish fish- planting by In the pro pro- proposed posed n ny new y High U nta Wilder Wilder- Wilderness Wilderness ness area In Utah as well as asIn asin In other wilderness areas areas throughout the th West It it was here today Sen Bennett last month ask ask- asked asked ed the to ap- ap approve ap- ap approve prove fis fish by bi Il airplane In the n propos proposed d wilder wilder- wilderness ne ness s area arca In northeastern Utah THE FOREST Service plans t tg l establish a acre wild erness area area in the Ashley and Wasatch National Forest The Thea a area a is now a acre i High Primitive Area The new designation would outlaw the use of motorized equipment and andSen andSen Sen Be Bennett mett had expressed some concern concern about the fish planting operations of the Utah Fish and Game Department in some of the r remote m tE and all li but inaccessible lakes lakes- l kes and streams there 1 Under regulations of the Wil Wil- Ac Act the Chief f gf the he Forest Fores Sey c cart c 1 p I th the under n e h air craft and other me mechanical e- e e qu may ar b be us used d t to me meet t requirements for au I q activities i s to protect p ote t tan an and administer the Wilderness an its Sen n Ben ett said Within this this atlon Forest Service has bas decided th that t aircraft may ay be e approve approved for for use in dropping fish where thi was an establish established d practice before bet ore the wilderness was In- In IncO inco cO into the r-a r National ional Wilderness Wi Preservation teen and provided the planting of fish is a necessary wilderness n tool management t THE declared that t the e it Service lo loW th tb landing of lr tt in inar ar areas as where the fish c n bp be planted by air drops lie said that th t apprOval for la lIe fish planting normally will b bG provided for in a special co- co cooperative co operative agreement with the Uie states Involved en Bennett said I believe that th this ruling gives the necessary flexibility to the states and fish and game departments to administer properly the fish fish- fishing ing resources in the various wilderness areas |