Show Game Officers Busy Malting Making Head Counts Game biologists and conservation officers officers officers of of- have o a busy schedule making counts and gathering data during the spring months Information gained during during dur duro ing this period aids game managers in management of game birds and an an- animals and the setting selling of seasons to Insure insure In in- sure an adequate harvest WATERFOWL AREA managers make breeding pair breeding pair counts of ducks on their marshes these ground counts are arc supplemented supplemented sup sup- by an annual aerial census Brood counts of geese are also made during the spring to determine nesting success Upland game bird counts made in the spring include sage grouse strutting strutting- ground counts and mourning dove coo counts Game bird broods are arc also counted counted count count- ed later In the spring BIG DIG GAME aerial counts give way to ground surveys of general herd and range conditions These range rides' rides also help to determine the extent of winter winter win win- ter losses A more careful scrutiny of range use and condition is made when game biologists and conservation officers officers offic offic- ers in cooperation with personnel from federal agencies read browse transects and make pellet group counts Game counts and studies made In the spring provide data that are arc combined with information gained during the remainder re rc of the year to provide a scientific scientific basis for the management of Utah's game birds and animals |