Show 280 water from a canal of water diverted from the Jordan river A fresh water lake would be very valuable for this purpose Sportsmen see in the proposed lake an opportunity to plant fresh-wat- er fish appeal to many An obvious Fresh-wat- er result of boating and swimming also such a lake would be the more rapid disappearance of the salty part of Great Salt Lake especially if both the Bear River Bay and Antelope Island projects we re carried out This would divert practically all of the inflowing lake water to fresh water lakes Most of it would probably never get over the spillways While large-sca- le diking programs are being considered smaller portions of the lake have already been diked to create waterfowl refuges Whereas Island rookeries accomodate chiefly birds creation of bird sanctuaries is chiefly for the protection and development of migratory "game" waterfowl Utilizing marsh lands already the natural habitat of ducks geese swans and other types of waterfowl both state and federal projects have been undertaken to improve and enlarge these locations into refuges of mammoth proportions 0 non-ga- me Early trappers and explorers noted the presence of large numbers of waterfowl in the marshes at the mouth of Bear and Weber rivers After Utah xvas settled by the Mormons the hunting of waterfowl continued to be an important under- - |