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Show WILDLIFE REPORT UTAH STATE DIVISION SALT LAKE CITY ? ! JOHN E. PHELPS, SAGEBRUSH DIRECTOR VALUES TOLD Biologists dt the Great Basin Research Center in Ephraim recently enlightened Division of Wildlife Resources regional game managers, supervisors and administrative personnel regarding sagebrush payabilthat have been ity tests conducted jointly by the Division and the Intermountain Forest and Range Experimental station Division Richard Biologist Stevens noted that sagebrush has for many years been very uniopular among range people. It has been found, however, that Is probably the sagebrush mainstay of big game and live stock in Utah, said Stevens. Research at the station has shown that some forms of sage brush are more palatable than others. Observation of the more abundant unpalatable sagebrush, forms has lead many persons to conclude that all sagebrush Is an undesirable plant, said Stevens. Biologists at the station have set up test plots near Ephraim where they have planted the palatable and unpalatable forms side by side in rows. The safe brush is on deer winter range allowing deer use to be observed Biologists have found that some sagebrush foms are well eaten, while others go untouched, giving undeniable evidence of deer preference and needs. Palatable forms shows a band when large bluish-whi- te moistened and examined under longwave ultraviolet light, said Stevens. This experiment can be conducted with leaves, seeds or stems, and works best if the plant parts are crushed. The degree of palatability is evidenced by the intensity of the light the plant shows forth under the ultraviolet light. Stevens said that the glow is caused by the intensity of the chemicals thenols and coumarin within the ANGIE SPLITTGERBER, EDITOR locks and catches that hold the resilin in a compressed state in a little cache high in his tiny body, above his three sets of legs. The flea cocks himself by crouching, which arches his back and compresses the resilin By relaxing these muscles, the resilin Is released. Then his jumping legs are straightened and the flea Is up, up and away, at a rate of 140 times the force of gravity, added the naturalist. This is absolutely amazing, when you consider that a man blacks out when his rate of acceleration exceeds 14 times the force of gravity. No wonder theyre hard to catch! The dog wags his tail", but the hound wags his stern. An otter wags his pole" , a rabbit his a fix his scut, brush, and a deer his single. A primrose is not herb. It is a perennial a rose. The skins of rats ere used to make pocket books and tobacco pouches. The noise made by the ostrich is a roar, and at a distance it cannot be distinguished from that of a lion. BIG GAME HARVESTS TABULATED Division of Wildlife Res. biologists have tabulated 1973 big game harvests from permit cards and the follow-u- p questionnaire sent to hunters. The 253 antelope hunters who went afield last September harvested 169 bucks for 67 success. There were 3,035 applications for the antelope hunt. The moose harvest was down from the all time high of 71 in 1972, but was still the second highest ever recorded with 56 bulls taken by 101 sports men , Four of the five hunters on the Ogden River unit, and 52 of the 96 Bear River , Hole-i- n plants. Biologists have also discovered the number of palatable species increasewith elevation. This is possibly due to the fact that there is actually a 12 month grazing season at lower levels. Therefore, the palatable sage brush tends to be repeadedly overused which favors the establishment of the unpalatable species, Stevens theorized. now Research involves attempting to hybridize those species wliice are adaptable to various altitudes with the further palatable types, to increase their range. Biologists are bringing the palatable typs down to the valley for comparison with the other forms. Stevens briefed the groupon location of palatable and the unpalatable sagebrush forms in the state, naming the species involved. He pointed out that there is use for both forms of sagebrush. The unpalatable forms can be put along roads or other places where animals should not be, while palatable forms are preferred on heavily used ranges to increase food supply," he the-R- ck hunters took their moose. Limited elk jiermlt hunters harvested 340 animals. The 4 1,102 hunters afield took bulls, 270 cows, and 29 calves for 31 percent success. Meanwhile, 15 percent of the nonresident elk hunters hit their target. The 87 hunters harvested 13 bulls. Efforts of the archery elk hunters were less fruitful, with the 291 hunters taking 18 animals for 6 percent success. In the special deer hunt category, those who tried the Green River expedition fared best, with 142 hunters taking 53 animals for 37 success. The new muzzleloader hunt saw 16 percent of its participants get their quarry. The 442 hunters bagged 72 deer. Deer archery hunters took 3,501 animals. The 25,157 bow men achieved 14 success. Eleven percent of the trophy buck hunters took their deer, with 152 sportsmen harvesting suggested. The Divisions revegetation programs rely heavily on advice from the range centers HUNTERS MOUNT. In & Around OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES I 18 animals. Regular season deer and elk harvest statistics are being compiled and will be announced when complete. CONTRIBUTIONS GOLDEN EAGLE BENEFICIAL TO MAN Here is the latest accounting of the American hunters financial support for conservation; Hunter's license fees are currently providing state game departments with over $107 million a year for conservation of both game and nongame species; and going as far back as 1923 in some states, hunting license revenue has raised $1.8 billion for conservation. Hunters are now contributing over $47 million a year for conservation through the federal excise tax on sporting arms and ammunition, which, since 1937, has raised over $599 million. Hunters presently contribute almost $11 million a year their duck stamp through purchases, and duck stamps revenue has provided $ 143 million in total for waterfowl conservation since 1934. In less than 50 years, these hunters have provided the massive total of $2.5 billion for conservation and wildlifedevel-opimen- t. The majestic golden eagle does more good than harm to the sheep ranchers of the world one of the foremost International authorities on birds of prey declared recently at BYU. to Natural According a BYU publication, Sciences, Leslie Brown, a noted ornithologist, author and naturalist from Kenya, Africa, labeled as stockmens pure rubbish charges that golden eagles inflict heavy losses on their lamb populations. Speaking at a seminar sponsored by the Zoology dept, the former British agricultural officer said large eagles are generally unjustly accused of killing lambs whenever sheep are raised in eagle habitats throughout the world. Wholesale shooting of the big birds In western America was completely unjustified and based on pure guesswork and blind prejudice, Brown added. Fortunately, such slauFAUNAL FACTS ghter has been halted by federal If man had the jumpingability law. of a tiny flea, he could leap a There may be isolated mile high with less effort than1 cases of a golden eagle taking it takes to jump a foot. A team a lamb, Brown said, but all who recntly data on the bird's diet and eating oi naturalists completed a detailed study of habits indicate he relies primjumping fleas revealed that the arily on smaller animals like fleas ossess a substance known rabbit, ground squirrels, and as resilin, a tireless eleastic prairie dogs for food. The golden eagle tends to protein jieculiar to insects. It is this same substance that keep small mammal populations enables flies to fly. "The flea in balance, improving feed is undoubtedly one of nature's conditions for livestock by most fascinating creatures, eliminating competition from said one researcher. It can rodents for food, the African This jump eight feet vertically and ornithologist continued. 13 feet horizontally. If a man means much more economically a to the sheepman than the Isolathad such jumping ability, basketball player could leap ed cases of lamb kill. out of the stadium, and a wide Whenever someone tells receiver could leap the length me they have seen an eagle of a football field. The research killing a lamb, I ask them to document their calim with the explained that the flea jumps by activating an Intricate system of time, place and circumstances. EMERY COUNTY I seldom find anyone who The substantiate their claim actual facts. According to Brown, the golden eagle seems to be holding its own in the face of mans encroachment on its inviron-men- t. Estimates on pollutions in No. American range between 50,000 and 100,000 birds. Its true the golden eagle appears tobeontheslowdelcine in the United states, he added, but this is much slower than was previously thought, of course if we allow the bird to go unprotected, it couldbeconie an endangered species like the peregrine falcon. Eagles, on the whole, are to harmless, and beneficial mankind, Brown concluded, and they should be preserved on both aesthetic and economic grounds, FISH PLANTS UNDERWAY Fish stocking trucks have begun rolling in Utah. Division of Wildlife Resources trucks have already transported five inch advanced fingerlings ( 20 per pound) to Flaming Gorge, three inch fingerlings to the Pineveiw, Newcastle and sand and catch-ablCove reservoirs, to Deer creek Reser. The fish had grown to the planting size, so it was time to begin stocking," said Kent Miller, Division fish culture biologist. Although gas is adequate for this years trips, it will cost the Division nearly twice as much as in the past," Miller noted. We plan to stock about the same number of fish as in the past. Adequate plants will be made closer to populous areas to help fishermen to conserve gasoline." This year's plants should be comparable to those made in 1972. when nearly 15 million fish were stocked. The Divisions 23 es trucks travelled 209,318 miles in 1,938 trips that year. And additionally, almost 52 hours were spent by Division aircraft 150 high mountain stocking lakes. UNIQUE SYSTEM Utah is the only state which has a board specializing in the setting of big game hunting the Board of big seasons Game Control. In other states, regulations are set by bodies to the Wildlife comparable Board in Utah. Utah's unique system provides opportunity for representatives from various interested parties to participate in the decision making process as it pertains to big game hunting. Board of Big Game control members include a representative from the U.S. Forest Sendee ( representing public lands), a cattleman, wool growers, sportsman and the Div. of Wildlife Resources Director who serves as chairman. Each representative has one vote to big game season designate lengths and localities, and sex and number of animals to be harvested. However, the chair man votes only to break a tie. The Board, in 1946, decided it needed solid facts upon which to base hunting seasons and regulations, according to a Div. game management report. It therefore established the Inter Agency Committee and instructed them to collect all the factual information possible regarding big game species. The Interagency members were to be responsible for biological data and set down recommendations to manage herds based on these facts. aid reducing the herds. The peak year for the control permits was 1960, when 42,479 were allotted, since that time, the number of permits has reduced nearly every year, as shown, in the Utah Big Game Harvest report, compiled by Div. of V ildlife Res. biologist. A sharp decrease in permits was shown between 1962 and 1963 from 40,320, to 21,305. By 1973, the number of special4 authorized had dropped to 1,700 a 9G jiercent reduction from the peak in 1960, The 1973 deer hunt was the most restrictive of any set by the Board since 1951. Even units with a history of liberal and or extended limits were reduced to either sex searegular sons, as shown on the proclamation. Eleven of the states 74 units held buck only hunts in 1973; 17 others had three day either sex seasons, followed by an eight day buck only season: and three units were only five days in length. The Board met in Oct. 1973 to discuss further restrictions on the regulations which had been set in June. They agreed that five units where extended hunts had been scheduled should close with the regular season on Oct. 30. According to Homer Stapley, assistant game management chief, three major factors brought about the more the severe restrictive hunt 1972 73 of which winter resulted in varying degrees of losses among herds ( other western states experienced the same type of losses); below normal lawn production; and increasing hunting pressure. He noted that herd balance witli its habitat will always be a major problem confronting wild life biologists because of the continuing loss of deer habitat. The Board, this year, is considering a buck only resolution passed by the Utah House of Representatives during their budget session. The resolution calls upon the Board and the belt, of Natural Resources to place a buck only restriction on deer hunting for 1974 and future seasons... until such time as deer herds reach numbers sufficient to sustain the herd for future generations." Division Director John E. Phelps, states, The Board is considering the resolution, but must also consider recommendations based upon thedata collected by the Interagency Committee before making its final decision. Public recommendations will also be heard in meetings held throughout the state June 21 through 28. The Board will make the final decision on this year's big game hunts June 29. ay Births Mr. and Mrs. Earl Olsen are proud to announce the arrival of a baby girl. Born to their daughter Iris. The parents Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Merril of sail Antonio, Texas. The little miss weighed 8 lbs 6 oz. inches long. and was 22-She has two little brothers to greet herathome. The maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Earl Olsen , Emery, and great Mr, and Mrs. grandparents Ray Olsen, Emery, also Mrs. Mary Anncook,FerronNursing home. Paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Merrill of salt Lake. 10 pm ii Safety with a ginning immediately change in instructor materials, to include a whole new instructors Handbook with several more supplements and a whole new student outline, handbooks and p.m. to discuss the changes n, the Hunter safety program aim to supply the instructors witt eopies of the new material ter their student training program, All instructors are encouraged to attend as they will need this tests. meeting lias been set upon Upril 17 in the courthouse at Castle Dale from 7;30 to 10;00 A material recertified. new OkL'Ilnm. to be briefing The meeting will tie conducted by a. 1 ee Robertson, training officer for the Division el Wildlife Resources. tlie to di to r ir To tlie Editor; Due to tlie recent water situation, I find myself bearing tlie brunt of the criticism and feel tills Is an unfortunate situation. There seems to be several and rumors misconceptions circulating throughout the community which I feel need to be brought to a halt. I realize, how ever, these have been started by a minority of tlie community. The canal company notified me Wednesday that tlie water would be turned out of the canal Saturday. As Mr. Jones can verify this was too late to put a notice in the paper so I use the only course left to me; I put notices up throughout the town. This was regrettable but I had absolutely NO control over It. By Monday at 5 p.m. tlie towns water supply was deleted and I was forced to turn all tlie equipment off at tlie plant at this time, contrary to rumors, the pump that burned upwas not due to any neglect on my part. When I left tlie city Tuesday afternoon there was no equipment runningbecause of the lack of water. I appreciate very much the help from many, many people, some of whom I dont even know names of, who spent time at the their regular plant, after working hours, trying to assist me in restoring water to the city. We spent hours a day from Tuesday evening until late Thursday trying desperately to correct tlie equipment failure. There was never a time when anyones sincere help was denied special thanks goes to Mayor Larry Lofthouse, and Warren TO CAST1 PALL Cl E I of student The seminar is week is Joseph ( oven. He Is the soil 01 Mr. and Mrs. Ion Dwell, josejih is anaetive member m the Huntington 1st ward. He base testimony of the gospel. In all ot our associations with Joseph we have never known him to break the word of wisdom t! Ill all our I lasses with Joe we have found him to be a veiy fine student in school. Is a thi Joseib sophmore year and we are sure lie will maintain this excellence all through high school and for the rest of his life. Y llketothankalltho.se I would had anythng to do with helping get water restored to the bench area, and there were quite a few who did. I wuulu particularly thank Mr. Dennis Killian who spent many hours this last week working on tlie pumis at no charge to the city. Dennis knows much about lumps and water systems, as this Ls tils vocation. Many flunks to who him. I have wanted to say many other things, too. f;sikc tally about RUMORS! There have been some pretty vicious tilings said and I know of none that are true! My advice ls that nothing be repeated unless you are straight on the facts. He who does ls no better than Ihe one who originates the rumor. ( ity Council meetings are open to the public., first They are Held tlie Tuesday of the month at 7;00 p.m. it does my heart good to see so many good men come and offer help in getting the water back on. Thanks men. Sincerely, Larry D. I ofthouse, Mayor Letter to the Editor; Readers like the 1909 reJOSEPH and information; I say thank you for & courteousness to my wife, who took many calls of both kinds. I feel strongly that before next year when this situation arises again, additional storage ponds should be made to help correct the lack of water available at the time of cleaning the your patience canal. Mr. Terry Lofthouse. Card of Thanks EDITORS NOTE: Utiontokeepwaterfrom was Tlie water problem wrangled pro and con. Practices of laying both water and sewer line in the same trench pointed out. Gale Larsen of Valley Eng. warned that in the future such a practice must be discontinued lie also advised contacting Mr. Rodney Despaln as planning and zoning consultant and forming a planning and zoning board and adoption of subdivision ordinances which would control the trailer court parks Mr. Larsen presented plans for the city sewage system. A Wedding an non need nWt;AetC0TT0N farming! iSfc& A MECHANIZED MARVEL! MULTIPLE-RO- Mr. and Mrs. Dean c. Jeffs, Price, Very sincerely .i i'. being turned into the lines of tlie new trailer courts until Huntington city is assured of an adequate water supply was presented by Val Y'oung, spokes man for a citizens group comprising around 20 ieople. The petition v,us presented at the lluntinnn r ity council Monday night. The council voted to hold the legal petition pending V. ater advisement. hookups have already been made at the Martinez and Earl Courts. Lucile rarmley were so courteous and very concerned; who simply wanted OWEN Huntington City Water line 14-- 18 To those who called do anything to displease t! e ord. 1 RESIDENTS. I do enjoy reading production. about familiar places and old friends and all the hai penings of tlie progress. 1 think you are doing a fine job. I got such a kick out of tlie 1909 iage from the Emery county progress. At first I didnt notice the date. I read some of the articles and That man has been thought, dead for years. Then I came to Barton, Foster Jensen, Wayne and really enjoyed it. The Wilberg, and Dennis Killian, advertising, etc., was so much who gave up working and free fun because I well remember hours to assist me. those days. I feel It Is unfortunate that Tell Kimble Larsen Hello, It there were a few who felt He was our Hiawatha neighbor necessary to call my home and boy long ago. use profanity and complain unTell him how much I like tlie ceasingly about the situation, paper. I rush excitedly to the and then wished to remain anonmail box eacli Monday for tlie ymous when asked who was home papers. calling. or Utah, announce tlie marriage of their daughter , Tamra Jean, to Gary I Jensen, son of Mrs. LaNila Jensen, of Castle Dale. Tiie couple were married April 1 In Ely , Nevada. Open house reception will be held April 13 at tlie home of tlie brides parents. 390 so, and W PLANTERS DO PRECISION PLANTING ON AS MUCH AS 100 ' ACRES A DAY... WHILE COMBINING v SEVERAL OTHER OPERATIONS AT THE"' SAME TIME... The following card of thanks 6th East, price.. Gary Is employed at Jean was run last week in error. The in Price and they will Progress Leader will not be Selmes responsible for Items taken make their home in price. over the phone in the future. please, If you have an item for tlie paper, send it by mall or bring it In personally. We apologize for the errors In this item in last weeks paper. X Herbicides, OFTEN CALLED "LIQUID HOES, PROVIDE MAJOR WEED CONTROL iht ...AND MECHANICAL HARVESTING GATHERS OF THE MADE Give n woman enough rope and she'll soon put another clothesline in the bathroom!" PRODUCE A BALE OFm IT POSSIBLE MAN HOURS AS COMPARED, AIM m2t.4 yusn25sAGoim NIGHT $3.00 cowpl It. They want to start on tlie new sprinkling system inthecemet ery shortly. They will miss Mr, Wllford Larsen unless lie re covers quickly. Wllford fell and hurt his knees. Lillian Larsen is having to set a new )ace for herself, and she has to take special care of her heart. Mrs. Maynard Allred spent several days In the Price hospital with a heart attack. We are glad she is home improving. 99 CROPf mtsEJuto other scehhfc practices mm 1 till 1pm COME OUT THIS SATURDAY and C leye land PRICE 13 Hunter Committee Interagency members are the Div. of Wild Life Res., U.S. Forest service, and the Bureau of Land Management. The Div. chief of game management is chairman of the committee. Wildlife biologists from the three agencies collect We wish to express apprecthe information by ; making iation to all who helped in any to habitat and range studies way, to alleviate our sorrow at determine effects of grazing by the time of the passing of our game and domestic animals; husband and father. ffl determining herd imputation trends; and detenniningharvest "A Mrs. Evelyn Rasmussen politician is a fellow and hunter trends. Data Is then Norman & Mary Rasmussen who never met 1 tax he collected into late spring. Earl & Elaine swaggerty The biologists submit their didn't hike." Keith & Helen Wright. information along with season recommendations to the committee, who studies the information, assembles it and forwards VERNICE WARD it to the Board. Recommendations are made to the Board at Clyde Gilson lias returned Jensen- - first aid; Lee Minchey public meetings held throughout the state hi June. For this home after two months vacation. Tenderfoot; Danny Lyons 2nd Last Sunday Marcli 24 at 3 class; L.D. Jensen- - 2nd class. reason, big game seasons are set somewhat later in Utah than p.m. they held a court of Honor. We feel our Relief society in other states but biological Those receiving Bobcat awards and stake Temple excursion data upon which those seasons were Todd Allred, Brent Heaton was quite successful. Monte are based are more up to date. Steven Lyons, Daren Jensen, Allen, Luella Allen, Gladys and Information from the Inter Torey Jones, spencer Hansen. Ferris Nelson & Vemlce Ward agency Committee in the early Wolf awards; Steven Lyons, and went through three sessions at 19G0s showed thatliberal huntspencer Hansen; Wolf arrow the temple, Rex Minchey, Joy Minchey, ing regulations and a steady points- - Steven Lyons, 1 gold; increase in hunters had brought silver; spencer Hansen, 1 Bsp. Vance and Edna Tucker, Utah deer herds into better gold; Bear- Dale Wells; Bear Elva, Wayne, Clyde Gilson and balance with their food supply arrow points; Tony Marvadakis, Olsen, Karen Olsen, Roger The goal of the 1950s to reduce 3 sUver; Merit badges- - Danny Jerry Hansen, Connie Hansen, herd numbers had been achieved Lyons, Hog Production Animal Owen Olsen, Jeanie Olsen, Dan Therefore, the Board began to Industry, Lee Minchey, First and Annette Wells, went to the cut back on the number of the Aid; Danny Jones- - reading; I D evening session. Jensen- - lectriclty, and animal Cleveland is growing we now special jiermits authorized. Farm Mechanics are expecting fourteen new Special spermits had been Industry; necessary in earlier years to Citizenship Community- - Tab homes on the way from price. Scott and Irene Allred want to purchase a farm and move In STILLWATERS APRIL Utah Program will undergo several major changes this year. Be- 34 CANYON CLUB Entertainment at its best EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT Jensen by Bruce UTAH'S Ml KY COUNTY PROGRESS I EADER THURSDAY APRH 11, 1974 PAGE 5 10.25.50 CASTLE DALE off CO-O- P |