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Show URGE OPENING DLXIE PRESERVE ! At a meeting Monday night of jthe Washington County Game Pro-, Pro-, tective Association, and attended by ! Supervisor Olsen of the Dixie Na- tional forest, the general opinion ! expressed was that the Dixie game Reserve should be opened to hunt-, hunt-, ers for at least one season. J Superintendent Olsen estimated . there are between 6000 and 7000 deer ,'on the preserve and the problem of 'of feed is becoming serious. Much I damage is being done to- the crops in the fields of Pine Valley and Grass valley. A letter from the Pine Valley Cattlemen's Cat-tlemen's Association pointed out that deer are destroying foliage and damaging dam-aging crops and asked that the preserve be opened. After discussion by club members a resolution was passed recommending that the state game commission, i through the game refuge committee. take steps to relieve the condition. I |