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Show been considered inadequate by Utah and several other states. These states require ten hours of training for youth under 21 years of age seeking their first hunting license. UTAH HUNTER SAFETY GOES NATIONWIDE Utah's hunter safety program was chosen as a national standard stand-ard at a recent meeting of na-tioral na-tioral Rifle Association leaders lead-ers in Washington, D. C. The NRA Hunting and Conservation Con-servation Committee proposed an extensive revision of the NRA Hunter Safety Program and recommended Utah's program pro-gram for the natio-al standa-d. The recommendation receive i a rna'-imevs """oto from the 75 members cf the NRA Board. Lee Robertson, Utah Wildlife Wild-life Resources Trailing Officer, was pleased to hear of the NRA decision. Robertson developed the Utah Hunter Safety program pro-gram over the past 15 years. H has trained nearly 8,000 adult instructors who, in turn, have trained and qualified over 180,-000 180,-000 youth in the hunter safety and outdoor survival program. The present four hour NRA hunter safety course has long |