Show Fish and Game NEWS APRIL 22 EARTH DAY Wednesday was set aside thie year as Earth Day Earth Day is a commitment commit commit- ment merit to make life better not just bigger bigger big big- ger and faster to provide real rather than rhetorical solutions It is a day to tore re examine reexamine the ethic of individual progress progress progress pro pro- gress at mankind's expense April 22 seeks a future worth living THE UTAH Division of Fish and Game supports the principles of Earth Day and welcomes the help of students and citizens in the fight against pollution littering and abuse of our natural resources re reo sources The future of wildlife is closely tied to the future of manThe man The division sincerely hopes that Earth Day activities in Utah will will result in constructive action and programs that will provide solutions to our environmental environmental environ environ- mental problems COUGAR BEAR REGULATIONS SET The Utah Board of Fish and Game recently approved the issuance of the cougar and bear hunting proclamation pro pro- The new proclamation covers the period from April 16 1970 to April 15 1971 Cougar may be taken any time during the year but bear are legal game only during the season from May 15 1970 to October 15 1970 Hunters may take two cougar during the season the season season sea sea- son limit on bear is one adult bearA bear A DEER combination or small game hunting license is required to hunt these animals and hunters must also have a special cougar or bear hunting tag in their possession while hunting Cougar and bear must be tagged at place of kill and tag must remain on hide until tanned Non residents Non residents may purchase a special cougar hunting permit and hunt cougar but bear hunting is limited to residents of Utah Guide service on cougar and bear hunts is also limited to residents only Sportsmen interested in pursuing cougar cougar cougar cou cou- gar or bear should check the current proclamation for further details ANNUAL CONVENTION SET The annual convention of the Utah Wildlife and Outdoor Recreation Federation Fed Fed- cration will be held in Price April 24 26 Featured speakers for the event will willbe willbe willbe be Senator Frank E E. E Moss and Representative Representative Representative Laurence J J. J Burton THE THEME for this years year's meeting is environmental problems Phil Schneider Schneider der National Wildlife Federation representative representative representative will moderate a panel on environmental environmental en en- problems during the Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- day morning session Headquarters for the convention will willbe willbe willbe be the Mission Motel in Price Re Re- will begin there at 1 p pm p.m. m Friday All sessions of the convention will be held in the Price Elks Lodge F. F L. L Bud Sullivan Utah Federation Federation Federation Feder Feder- president emphasized that all interested interested in in- persons are invited to attend the convention You do not have to be bea a member of a sportsmens sportsmen's s club or the federation to attend any of the sessions FISHING FOR PEACE Ernest Lyons editor of the Stuart News in m Florida made a proposal recently recently re reo to ch change the well Known slogan slogan ale Make all gan Take a boy fishing to statesmen go fishing His proposal is based on the following rationale as expounded in part by Editor Lyons The trouble with world leaders is that they have to claw their way to the top knocking down the opposition and when they're at the peak of the heap theres there's nobody left to fight but each other EVE EVERYBODY WOULD sleep better nights if they knew that was trout fishing in the Urals fishing fishing fish fish- ing for sturgeon in the Volga Gromyko trying to catch pike through a hole in inthe inthe inthe the ice on a Siberian lake and Dick Nixon trolling for barracuda in the Keys What a sigh of relief would go up if the Kremlin and the White House tacked Gone Fishing on their front doors on the same day would not need to We worry about Mao exploding a bigger thermonuclear thermonuclear thermonuclear thermo thermo- nuclear bomb any day he was fishing on the Yangtze As long as the big shots were angling no loud noises would be allowed to scare the fish fish Maybe peace would come The first signs of it would be letters home from Vietnam like Jike Dear Mom and Pop you youcan youcan youcan can forget about that box of shot split No six hooks and roll of six six pound pound test mono I traded off a dozen old |