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Show primarily Interested In the grazing industry or In eliminating elimi-nating most of the vegetation users? You would just have another Forestry man on your hands. The only sensible thing to do Is disband this board and Place the setting of all hunting hunt-ing and fishing regulations with the Fish and Game Commission where it belongs. This club suggests that you hurry, for while you Northern North-ern boys were enjoying your good hunting in the northeast and eastern sections of the state, some of the largest deer herds in the United States, in Southern Utah, have been reduced re-duced to the danger point. W. S. BOLTON. Sec.-Treas., MUford Wildlife Protective Assn. (Part 2 Next Week) Dear Steve: The problem of the Big Game Board of Control and our vanishing deer herds is receiving re-ceiving some attention upstate and it is hoped that we can generate enough interest statewide state-wide to come to the attention of the State Legislature before it is too late. Few of the state's sportsmen know how the big game hunts are set and many of those that do take a frustrated attitude toward the situation. This is partially the fault of the State Fish and Game Department, as they chose to ignore the sportsmen sports-men for a number of years. Now, however, the shoe is on the other foot and as they see the once overabundant deer herds reduced to a dangerous level, they also see their main source of revenue flying out the window. Now they can use some support from the sportsmen, and in our own behalf be-half let's give it to them by requesting the abolishment of the Big Game Board by our legislators. This board originated about the same time as the Taylor Grazmg Act and, like this act was designed to aid an ailing livestock industry. Unlike the act, however, this board was not meant to manipulate the feed on the range but to actually actu-ally place the control of game numbers under the stockmen. Take a look at its ridiculous nature. The Board to regulate regu-late big game animals is composed com-posed of one sportsman, one Fish and Game member who is chairman and votes only in case of a tie, a Forest Service man who of course believes that anything that eats vegetation vegeta-tion should be eliminated from the picture, and two stockmen fa cattleman and a sheepman). Imagine if you can the screams of anguish which would emanate ema-nate from the stock raisers if you suggested a board to regulate reg-ulate grazing on the public lands which consisted of two sportsmen and one livestock raiser. There have been some suggestions sug-gestions to add a B. L.M. member to the board. Why add another member who is |