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Show Utah Wildlife Federation plans to stress need for conservation The Utah Wildlife Federa-1 tion, as State sponsor, will stress the urgent need for conservation con-servation education during National Na-tional Wildlife Week 1968, March 17-23. Conservation organizations or-ganizations across the State will join with citizens and youth groups to launch the theme, "Learn to Live with Na ture," which will continue to be promoted throughout the remainder re-mainder of the year . The chairman of Wildlife Week for Utah, Richard A. Au-ble Au-ble has said that the great outdoor out-door recreation boom is "just one more reason for developing conservation e d u cation programs pro-grams now." A recent survey i i 1 4. i -.Tni ICQ- SIIUWCU LiiciL u wire Jt-o- 000,000 was spent on camping tents alone, while another $567, 000,000 was paid for camping vehicles. "More people are getting get-ting out-of-doors to appreciate and enjoy nature; and, at the same time, there are more people peo-ple polluting and wasting our limited resources." He continued by stating: "People are sold on the idea of enjoying nature, and we must now sell them on the Idea of learning to care for natural resources. re-sources. Conservation education should be a part of each school program, as well as a community commun-ity project for adults. People young and old should learn that they can help fight water and air pollution, litter, and waste." The Wildlife Week observance observ-ance was first proclaimed by President Roosevelt in 1938. It is sponsored statewide by the Utah Wildlife Federation in cooperation with the National Wildlife Federation. This an- nual event serves as a national reminder of the importance of wise resource use and stresses an important conservation issue is-sue each year. |
