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Show FISH-GAME LICENSES ?F ADY for sale Ashing and hunting licenses for the 1969 seasons have been eceived by the Division , of fF-sh and Game and are readied for delivery ? to nearly 500 license agents for sale to Utah's sportsmen. Over 500,000 licenses ious types were ordered by the Fish and Game to be suu. h censes will be aval ab e to the sporting public wnere when they need them. Resident licenses will J goldenrod color with lar.., easy to read red numbers. Non-resident licenses will be pink, the large license numbei will be purple, a combination easy to identify in the field. Scense size and general format have not been changed this year, and license fees will remain the same for both residents resi-dents and nonresidents. One new license will be available for the nonresident juvenile angler in 1969 through the action of the Utah State Legislature. Nonresidents up to 12 years of age will be able to buy a fishing license and take a full limit of fish if they wish. It the youngster under 12 does not buy a license he may fish but the fish he catches count as part of the creel limit of the licensed nonresident adult who accompanies him. Licenses should be on sale from license agents after April 10 which allows plenty of time before the April 16 effective date of the 1969 licenses. WATERFOWL START SPRING MIGRATION Spring migration of waterfowl water-fowl is under way as evidenced evi-denced by the thousands of birds resting and feeding on the Utah marshlands before moving on to their nesting grounds, according to surveys 'conducted by the Division of Fish and Game. Mallards are one of the most common nesting birds in Utah, along with redheads, gadwalls, and cinnamon teal. Canada geese are the only nesting geese found on Utah marshes and are the earliest nesting waterfowl. Swans and snow geese, moving mov-ing through Utah, are headed for nesting grounds near the Actic Circle. Both species will V return this fall to provide hunting for sportsmen on local marshes. A large number of canvas-back canvas-back ducks migrate through Utah, although they ordinarily will not be nesting here as will the redhead, another common diving duck. Redhead ducks are coming from wintering areas along the Gulf Coast of Texas and ths Gulf Coast of Lower California. The excellent marshlands here apparently are very attractive as they hold birds from these divergent locations. One potential problems for ducks is noted this spring. Early nesting birds may find their nests under water from flooding of low marshland areas. If this occurs, the affected birds probably will renest. Howeyer, second attempts are seldom as successful as initial nesting . Biologists will be conducting their annual aerial survey to determine the number of breeding pairs of waterfowl on local marshes in May. |