Show Interpretive At Flaming Gorge Tells Scenic Wonders The Flaming Gorge Natural History Association completed its first year in 1969 as the first Forest Service cooperative cooperative cooper cooper- interpretive association in the United States Formed by local citizens in Utah and Wyoming this organization cooperates with the Forest Service in interpreting the natural wonders at Flaming Gorge Books on conservation and natural and western history concerning this area are made available for sale to recreation visitors SLIDES FILMS and postcards are also a available vaila ble as a public service The sale of such material makes possible further interpretive work Activities of th the a. a association are profit free accord accord- whether they hunted or not A large return of the questionnaires will Insure adequate data for statistical calculations Information gained from the questionnaire questionnaire question question- is used to determine hunter distribution distribution dis dis- time spent hunting total harvest harvest harvest har har- vest and harvest distribution IN 1968 1948 hunters spent hunter hunter- days afield in pursuit of cottontails and harvested a total of rabbits November November November No No- vember December and January were the most popular months for huntIng hunt hunt- Ing ing to officials Sale la facilities for lor the association are arc located at the Flaming Gorge Dam Visitor Center the Red Canyon Visitor Center the Manila Rangers Ranger's Office the Green River Contact Station and the Dutch John Headquarters PROFITS RECEIVED by the assocIation association association assoc assoc- are arc used to further lurther the interpretive tive live program The association is cooperating cooperating cooperating cooper cooper- with the Forest Service in printing printing print print- ing a brochure guide for lor the Red Canyon Canyon Can Can- yon Conservation Trail This guide will willbe willbe willbe be available this summer During the summer of 1969 the association association assoc assoc- lation participated in the Powell Centennial Centennial Centen Centeno nial Celebration by renting the movie The Ten Who Dared for use at evening evening even even- ing campfire programs FUTURE PROJECTS being considered consider consider- ed by the association include nature trail construction and printing of interpretive interpretive inter inter- brochures and publications Manila District Ranger Dick Benjamin Benjamin Benja Benja- min reports the association is a key link in the interpretive program at FlamIng Flaming Flam Flam- ing Gorge and through its efforts the public is better served |