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Show 10 IB nould ujohIi! gIooo private londs According to Ed Rawley, wildlife planner with the Division of Wildlife Resources, Re-sources, several bills presently before the Utah legislature will be of interest to the State's recreationists. One, he says, could have far-reaching far-reaching effects on access to land private and public across the state. For the fourth time in recent legislative sessions a trespass bill has been introduced which would change the circumstances under which trespass occurs. oc-curs. In effect, says Raw-ley, Raw-ley, this bill (HB 114, introduced intro-duced by Garth Jones -R, Cedar Ce-dar City) would close all private land to access un less permission were ex-pllcitlyv ex-pllcitlyv given or the landowner land-owner posted the land open to access. ' "We see problems with the situation, especially in a state with such a large percentage per-centage of public land," says Rawley. . "And most of this public land is open range and forest land." Rawley adds,"Since a vacationer va-cationer or outdoor re-creationist re-creationist would find himself him-self in the position of not knowing when he was in violation, vio-lation, the bill appears impractical, im-practical, especially in the light of Utah's large tourist industry." The job in posting these (Continued on Page 2) Division of Wildlife Resources Re-sources as a protected species. The bobcat has been classed a predator under the Agricultural and Wildlife Wild-life Damage Prevention Act of 1975, but a three year moratorium has been in effect ef-fect on the animal due to low numbers and very high prices being paid for pelts. HERE'S MORE ABOUT HB 114 lands "open", he adds, would be a considerable expense both in time and money. On another front, a bill (SB 56) to remove the bobcat from the jurisdiction of the State Department of Agriculture Agri-culture passed the Senate unanimously. ' Another bill (SB 130) names the bobcat to the jurisdiction of the |