Show 283 Besides this federally constructed and controlled bird refuge there are several others built and controlled by the state These are on a much smaller scale and are used chief- ly to promote the breeding and temporary stopping places for migratory waterfowl In order to create hunting for local Farmington Bay project is one of these It is located just a few miles north of Salt Lake City in Davis sportsmen it is Being so near the center of population visited by more hunters than is the larger Bear County ly project was area consists of fuge The Farmington Bay begun mpleted in two 1940 vith waters The in natural- river re- 1935 and co- adjoining units regulated as to depth by concrete spillways and intake culverts Water is obtained from Farmington Creek and Jordan river Approximately 3800 acres are included in the project® impounded by earthen dikes and relatively large bird refuge is located at the mouth of Weber river and is known as Ogden Bay Migratory Bird Refuge and Hunting Grounds It was built as a joint state and federal project C C C units supplying the labor Two other similar bird refuges have been constructed on the One of these is located just north of the Great Salt Lake Bear River refuge and west of Corinne It is called the Utah Another 9 279 10 Utah Fish and W P A Bulletin July 1945 1 Writers’ Project Utah A Guide to the State Game |