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Show a greater dispersion of hunters ' over the area. This usually means' a higher quality hunt for ail, Mr. Nulson explained. the best possible conditions for nesting and migrating waterfowl, as well as other species of water birds. However, he pointed out that the natural marsh vegetation, vegeta-tion, while providing good cover, is often lacking in good food and nesting areas for water birds, and some type of marsh management is .needed to create a better distribution of these necessities. ne-cessities. Controlled burning, according ac-cording to Mr. Neilson, is the best and least expensive method to accomplish this goal. He explained ex-plained that nesting waterfowl prefer small, open-water areas surrounded by feeding, nesting and escape cover and, by proper burning of selected area,s", a dense stand of saltgrass, wire-grass wire-grass and cattails can be transformed trans-formed into excellent nesting and feeding sites. Waterfowl food also increases with such plants as alkali bubrush and small annual plants spreading into the pockets of burned vegetation. veg-etation. A desirable "by-product" of controlled burning is improved hunting conditions for sportsmen. sports-men. The open water areas provide access to more remote parts of the marsh as well as more spots to .set up decoys and results in MARSH BURNING AIDS WILDLIFE The large plume of black smoke recently seen rising from the Clear Lake area of Millard County may have looked bad, but according to Wildlife Resources Re-sources Clear Lake Superintendent Superinten-dent Don Neilson, .it actually means greatly improved habitat for wildlife, especially waterfowl. water-fowl. Mr. NeUson explained that the Division of Wildlife Resources Re-sources has managed the Clear Lake area for many years with a major objective of creating |