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Show hi T p wm Are eagles making a comeback? Indications are that the bald eagle iisl coming back. The Wild Life "Federations third annual census in 1981 counted a five percent increase to 13,709 American eagles. Although it is still listed by the U.S. Fish and Wild Life Service as endangered in 43 of the lower 48 states and threatened in the other five. The three chief hazards for eagles, both bald and golden, are random shooting, destruction of habitat and persistence in the environment of the pesticide DDT, even when it was outlawed a decade ago. 'What about eagle electrocution? " Julie Hoggard, Unfortunately, Utah Power & Light Co. Salt Lake division superintendent said, we still Have some eagle electrocution, but with enactment of the Federal Raptors Protection Act in 1967, the company embarked on a program devoted to prevention of raptor electrocutions. Since then, power line kills have been drastically reduced. (Raptors are birds of prey and include ravens, owls, eagles, falcons, osprey and hawks.) At that tifne, Julie Hoggard became the eagle expert in residence and was charged with the responsibility of coordinating and implementing the research findings of the group. This is one of the few cases I know of, he said, where diverse groups ranging from private utilities to government agencies to environmental groups were able to get together find solve a significant problem. we pounded out a Together thoroughly acceptable solution which is both realistic and economical. - The solution began with Morlan Nelson, one of the worlds foremost authorities on raptor ecology and one $f the handful of people who have trained eagles. Mr. Successfully Nelson of Boise, Idaho, was hired to conduct the needed research. : Using trained eagles and mock-up- s of power lines, he spent hundreds of Hours observing and filming his birds its they approached and landed on various types of power poles. utility-governme- J LOST SUPER! a borderline overweight. Other e of tickets through the pageant headquarters. The finals will be at the Salt Palace Little Theatre at 7:00 p.m. on the 6th, tickets are purchase Girls from all over the beehive state will compete in the Miss Utah-USpageant on November 5th and 6th in Salt Lake City. The Miss Utah-USis an official preliminary to e a nationally the Miss televised pageant. Susan Gasser, Miss Utah USA 1982, will be the official hostess at all pageant activities. Susan Gasser did win the title at the nationals of 2nd runner up to Miss USA. On November 5th the first day of the pageant will be staged at the Holiday Inn on 6th South, SLC. The entrants will meet then each will be judged by a team of judges on personality. At 12:30 the entrants will participate at a Luncheon-Fashiojudging that is opened to the public by advanced $7.00. The judges will be Dick Nourse of TV 5, Tonya Anderson Miss Utah USA 1981, David Tanner professional model, Klis Hale whom has judged the Miss Universe pageants while they were in California, Chyleen Bluth an actress, Buddy Youngreen actor. Linda Bement, who was Miss Utah-Mis- s USA and Miss Universe, will be a guest of the pageant and she will be at all events. will be The new Miss Utah-UScrowned by Susan Gasser, Miss Utah USA 1982. For further information regarding tickets or , entry please contact the pageant office at 3732 North 600 East, Provo, Utah 84604. USA-Univers- n Show-Swimsu- it Hay Spoilage" to tourists Keep your hay out of the snow & rain with an "All Steel" Metal Hayshed. Farm & "ALL Commercial Buildings to Fit Your Every Need. 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A Advice given For Close was Miss Utah-USPageant hosted by Susan Gasser Susan Gasser Everything Reduced 1 ) for the execution of two eagles was actually the result of a battle between two eagles. The carcasses of one eagle still had claws in it. He said another example of three or four eagles carcasses that had been lying on the ground for several weeks and had been counted twice as eagle electrocutions. a film Utah Power has Golden Wings on Silver called Wires that has received national recognition. Its subject is the prevention of raptor electrocution and is well worth seeing. Copies of the film can be obtained from the UP&L general office, public relations department. The company has cooperated with the U.S. Forest Service on erecting nesting perches in Tooele County to facilitate hunting habits of raptors. Now, instead of being a threat to raptors, power lines can be an asset. When safe, the structures provide and For the past several years, UP&L excellent and necessary hunting in our has been systematically modifying nesting perches for the birds wide western valleys. problem structures. When it is time to perform routine maintenance work on a line which has affected raptors, we go explained Mr. Hoggard, through and modify certain poles while we are at it. And when we build a new line in eagle country, we build it raptor-safe- . It costs very little more to build it raptor-safthan to build it otherwise. Utah Power has even patented device of making poles safe for eagles. It involved the installation of an Eagle oie (oie is the french word for goose)- -a triangular piece of metal which prevents large birds from The Division of Conlanding on the dangerous part of the sumer Affairs would pole. like to alert consumers It would be wrong to assume, that the tourist season however, that all eagles and other is upon you in state and raptors killed near power lines are out of state. If youre the result of electrocution. Because planning on vacationing lines are generally near established out of state by driving, roads making the birds very visible, there are some precauhundreds of birds each year are shot tions that you as the i?S PG . by irresponsible people. Pesticides traveler should take. and natural causes also take their toll. 1. Have your car HUISH THEATRE One instance that Mr. Hoggard checked completely Starts July 21 sighted blaming UP&L power lines over by a reputable DOESN'T PAY . . .YQII DO! Diet Center changed the way I feel about food, life and myself. ra fffffiO After analyzing the accumulated data, he was able to submit to the power companies specific recommendations on how to modify pole designs to make the structures safe for birds. These modifications and design changes are generally simple and Mr. Hoggard says. inexpensive, They range from building a small perch extended above the pole to building obstacles on the pole to prevent the birds from landing on the most dangerous areas. Other designs, Mr. Hoggard said, call for the conductors to be moved further apart or modifications to be made on the ground wire. "Not all poles need to be changed, says Mr. Nelson. "Of the structures found in eagle territory, about two percent were causing 95 percent of the problem. So, if we can modify or rebuild those two percent, much of the problem is solved. 101 POUNDS and it feels rv rf p 00 MUtTMRi mnnart . a miii 7743 plat 7432 plat F.I.T. F.E.T. 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