| OCR Text |
Show NATIONAL WILD-LIFE WILD-LIFE WEEK TO BE OBSERVED All citizens of Utah should know and understand the status of waterfowl water-fowl resources of their local areas, declares J. Kay Aldous, as chairman chair-man of this year's National Wildlife Week observance. National Wildlife Week, first proclaimed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1938, is being observed ob-served March 18-24 throughout the nation. The theme this year is: "Waterfowl for the Future, by Conservation of Wetlands Which Benefit Man and Wildlife." Working through more than 2,- 000,000 individuals who are members mem-bers of National Wildlife Federation Federa-tion affiliates and others who .are interested in the Welfare of ducks and geese, chairmen in all states are organizing local educational campaigns to alert the general public to complex and diverse problems pro-blems relating to waterfowl. Educational Edu-cational programs during the week will take the forms of talks, exhibits ex-hibits and demonstrations, field trips, and special newspaper articles ar-ticles and radio-TV interviews. Governors and mayors in many states are issuing appropriate proclamations. proc-lamations. Mr. Aldous urgr everyone to join him in an attempt to develop long range planning for waterfowl management by: Reviewing conditions of waterfowl water-fowl wetlands such as marshes, swamps, potholes, lakes and streams noting availability of food, presence pres-ence of water pollution, etc., as well as developments which might reduce the areas in size or effectiveness. effec-tiveness. This review -may be accomplished ac-complished individually or through study groups in local, civic, conservation, con-servation, agricultural, fraternal or service organizations. Calling upon services of wildlife and agricultural professionals in the region to help coordinate plans In nrnt.rt wntrfrwl ia t ! n r Tkj r- - - . . . . - state agency managing wildlife resources re-sources should be kept fully informed in-formed on all developments because be-cause it is cooperating with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in acquiring waterfowl wetlands. |
