Show Fish and Game News Wildlife Week To be Observed March 16 to 22 National Wildlife Week will willbe willbe willbe be observed next week March 1622 22 all across the nation and this years year's theme of Provide Places Habitat Where Wildlife Live Li is vital to Utah sports sports- men Wildlife week 1969 will encourage encourage en en- courage people to protect wetlands wet vet lands as well as field and forest habitat areas The Tho Utah Wildlife Federation Federation Feder Feder- Is La sponsoring co-sponsoring the National National Na Na- Wildlife Week along with the National Wildlife Federation Feder Feder- VALUABLE habitat for deer and pheasants has been lost to increased urban and suburban growth in Utah often often of of- ten these losses cannot be compensated for by wildlife management agencies Once an acre of land is taken taken tak tak- en for development it means the animals who used it for their home must be be pushed into a smaller area The smaller small small- er the habitat area the fewer animals for the sportsmen THE WISE use use of natural natural na na- tural resources and the wise development of lands is a avital avital a a avital vital issue Utah citizens are re I encouraged ed to follow through with the National Wildlife Week theme for years to come Provide Places Habitat Where Wildlife Wildlife Wild Wild- life Lives B BASS SS WALLEYE ACTION INCREASES Y Jj Q Brief spells of fair weather have brought fishermen out to i several of the more popular j open waters and has started the annual search for the fishing fish i ing license put away i last fall I Division of Fish and Game spokesmen said calls are coming com com- I ing in about how to get a new license if the old one is lost or when they have to have the new 1969 fishing licenses thel I DUPLICATE licenses are available only from Fish and Game offices and the 1969 licenses licenses licenses lic lic- will not be ready for sale until just before April 16 1969 the day the new new licenses are needed A few White Bass are being caught around Lincoln Beach and p Powell well Slough op on Utah Lake and the spawning run of of Walleye up the Provo River from the Lake is expected to tobe tobe tobe be underway about the middle of March CREEL LIMIT on Walleye Is six fish in Utah Lake or two fish in the Provo River Those fishing on the river are cautioned cautioned cau cau- about having more than the two fish limit as officers will be checking for Fishing hours on the Provo River below Highway 91 are from 4 a am a.m. m. m to 9 p pm p.m. m. m during during dur duro ing the time the Walleye spawning run Is on but Utah Lake is open to fishing 24 hours a day during this time The White Bass creel limit is 16 fish Most anglers anglers' are using spinning outfits with metal lures to catch these fish RANCH RIDES SET Sportsmen have been invited invited ed by the Utah Division of Fish and Game and representatives of federal land management agencies to join with them in range rides covering deer whiter winter win win- ter range areas throughout Utah this spring Rides are conducted by by horseback and on foot to gain first hand knowledge of conditions conditions con eon on deer winter ranges in many critical areas RANGE TOURS are an excellent ex ex- ex way for interested persons persons per per- sons to meet people involved In deer management and to discuss with these people the management programs as they look over range conditions con con- There are rides scheduled in all parts of the state information information inform inform- on how to participate is available from and fish and game officer or from any of the fish fish and game offices In many cases the range f rides will be set set for weekends I Ito to the sportsmen Iwho who wish to take part in these fact finding tours |