| Show Sen Frank Moss Seeks Funds for Ouray Refuge Senator Frank E Moss D- D DUtah D Utah announced Friday that he will ask asic the addition of I to the Interior De- De Department Department budget requests for forthe forthe the beginning of construction work on a development pro pro- program program gram for tor the Ouray National Wildlife Refuge in County Utah THE REFUGE will be a nesting area for production of ducks and geese and a public pub pub- public lic waterfowl hunting area It will extend seven and one one- half miles along the Green River and will be located 26 miles southwest of Vernal Total development cost is expected to be some Moss said And he 1300 1 said of I wetlands tor for nesting nesting is vital if we are to reverse the trend I of declining waterfowl population population lation ALTHOUGH HUNTING is Increasing rapidly in other categories duck hunting is ison ison on the decline The drop is particularly acute in the cen- cen central central areas of the nation the Central of Flyway which the Ouray Refuge will be a part and the Mississippi Flyway Development of the Ouray Refuge is expected to take about four years Appropriation Appropriation tion of funds in the fiscal 1064 budget will speed com com- completion completion of the project by a lull full year The Bureau of Sport Fish Fish- cries erles and Wildlife informs me that the plans are ready and the funds runds can be prudently used now IN ADDITION to the wat- wat waterfowl hunting area the de- de development development will provide areas for lor picnicking and general recreation |
