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Show Utah to Host Big Resource Conference Utah will host one of the nation's na-tion's most important natural resource re-source conference June 19-22, when delegates from the 13 western west-ern states and British Columbia convene in Salt Lake City for the 40th annual meeting of the Western West-ern Association of State Game ami Fish Commissioners. They will be joined by representatives represen-tatives from other state and federal fed-eral resource management agencies agen-cies and major citizen conservation groups to bring total attendance to more than 700 people. Harold S. Crane, Utah's Department Depart-ment of Fish and Game director, is serving as president of the Western Association during the current year. He notes that the increasing value of this conference, confer-ence, first held in Utah some 40 years ago at the instigation of David H. Madsen, then Utah Fish and Game Commissioner. President Crane said, "The advancement ad-vancement of a sound management program to ensure the future of fish and game resources is the con- |