Show r. r i. i r Jv i l i s J ic- ic I a SHOCKING ELECTRO-SHOCKING Is a means of sampling a fish population Wildlife Resources personnel participate in oil shale study With the greatly increased developments that have come about in the past year on Utah's oil shale areas south of Vernal a major task of the Division of Wildlife Resources has been to gather biological data in this area In the past these lands were isolated and uninhabited for the most part and little was known of the wildlife resources found there The scene is changing rapidly now with the increase Inhuman inhuman in inhuman human and mechanized activity It is important that the resources become known so that the Division can monitor changes as they tJ occur in this area during and after development TillS THIS PAST fall Division personnel in conjunction with the Bureau of Land Management and a private research organization completed a major part of the initial biological work This was an analyses of the White River which runs through the heart of the oil shale areas Several weeks were spent on this project by the combined crews A series of seven stations at various Intervals along the river were set up for study areas At each station water chemistry and quality was checked The invertebrate or insect populations of the river were sampled And most time consuming of all the fish populations at each station were sampled This was accomplished accomplished accomplished ac ac- ac- ac by a combination of shocking electro-shocking gill netting seining trap netting and explosives Through these efforts efforts efforts ef ef- ef- ef forts a basic fish species and population profile can be compiled A TOTAL of 13 species of fish were found at various stations Some were known to exist there some were suspected and some were rather surprising The prime consideration of the project however was to give the Division and other agencies a basic volume of data on the White River from which to compare data gathered in the future In this thus way an effective monitoring system can be set setup setup setup up as the area is subjected to changes because of the oil shale activity Dear Santa Clouse I like you very much Fore Christmas I would like a baby cristy and some cloths fore her I have a of you and if I dont don't get a cristy I will have a blue Christmas Never take a aday aday aday day off of Christmas because this is what I will have I will ha have ve a blue Christmas Yours truly JoAnn Miles Dear Santa Claus I want a record player and a baby and a pretend stove a baby alive and some building blocks and a and some clothes and some socks Please bring me these things on Christmas Yours truly Teresa Temples Dear Santa A litte title baffy that shore Christmas stocking A doll Clatl bye bye cry baby cries when you lay her back Thank you Chrystal Santa Claus I would like five peed bike a walkie-talkies walkie and anda a BB gun Your friend Mike Cuin Dear Santa Claus I want a Crissey and a talky and new cloths that I can were and some new shoes I want a barbie doll and some more socks Some new and a new watch and a new Santa Clause book I want some jewerly and a jewerly box and some gloves and some clothes for my Crissey Love Lorraine |