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Show FISH AND GAME HIGHLIGHT . NATIONAL WILDLIFE WEEK Monday, March 18, marks the beginning of National Wildlife Week. During this period, special assemblies will be held in schools throughout the nation, wildlife groups will sponsor window and street displays and conservation leaders will address the public through the media of the press, television and radio and through personal contact. Here in Utah, the local groups forming the State Wildlife Federation Fed-eration will bring' the theme "Homes for Wildlife" to citizens of every city and town. Utahns will be reminded of the thoughtless abuses to our rich land soil pollution, forest fires, pollution, the unwise drainage of valuable wetlands, the. conversion convers-ion of fertile prairies to dust bowls and the destruction of game habitat through over-usage. over-usage. Thi3 year, thoughts will be turned to the requirements of our wildlife food, cover and protection. Like us, these birds and animals are dependent upon soil, water and plants to live. Without these, they perish. Healthy, well-cared for lands mean bountiful crops of wildlife; they can also mean prosperous, healthy people. It is of value to the sportsmen to meet the challenge of conservationists conser-vationists and '1Make Homes for Wildlife". |