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Show THURSDAY. PAGE 10 THE SPIRIT MARCH 4 1976 OF DENTENTE Snow Geese Doing Bit If snow geese had vay, detente would be o stay. For centuries, these tiful waterfowl have vice, Professor William J. L. Sladen of Johns Hopkins University coordinates the United States snow goose studies. In collaboration with the their here beau- been flying between breeding grounds in northeast Siberia Soviets, Americans, and wintering places in British Columbia, Washington, and California. But in the last few years feeezing weather and hungry Arctic foxes have reduced a population of 120,000 birds to leu than half in their only Soviet nesting place Wrangel Island. The lonely Russian island lies in the East Siberian Sea about 500 miles from Alaska. The geese also nest in Canada. THE RELATIVELY small population of Wrangel birds, which the Soviets agreed to dye red, mingldb with much larger numbers of KEITH O'BRIEN IS NOW OPEN FRIDAY NITE TILL 9:00 p.m. FRIDAYS ARE NOW EXTRA BONUS DAYS AND WE'RE HAVING A SALE TO CELEBRTEIII snow geese winging into North America from the Canadian Arctic, says Dr. Sladen who recently became the first American to visit The the Russian island. neckbands and dye enable us to follow individuals so we can find out the best places UNITED BY concern over the snow geese, scientists from both the Soviet Union and the United States have joined forces in studying the birds. The project is one of the first cooperative field efforts carried out under the Agreement for Cooperation in the Field of to protect the Wrangel geese. The Soviets began their snow goose identification program on Wrangel in the summer of 1974 by dying 200 birds red and fitting 178 others with orange neckbands. About a third of the banded and dyed snow geese later were resighted in the United States, arousing curiosity of U.S.-U.S.S.- Environment Protection SNOW GOOSE decked out in neck band on Ruuia'i remote Wrangel Island is admired by Dr. William J. L. S laden of Johns Hopkins University. and Canadians, Dr. Sladen worked out protocols for coded color neckbands to identify individual birds. reached by.the two countries in May 1972.' Supported by the National Geographic Society and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Ser- - Canadian and American hunters and birdwatchers. In the 'United States, 200 birds were fitted with green collars in Utah and California in the winter of 1974-7Prof. Vladimir E. Jacoby of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences participated in the banding. One of the birds be banded was seen later with three goslings on Wrangel Island. 5. . ADDITIONAL bandings were made on Wrangel when Dr. Sladen visited the Russian outpost last summer. He reported that 1975 was the first good year for the rearing of young since 1970. The Soviets hope that every effort will be made to protect these migratory, birds during their winter visits to North America so that as many as possible will return to bolster an aging population, Dr. Sladen added. He believes the geese should be protected from hunting for the time being in Alaska, British Columbia, and Washington. There is also a need to set aside refuges in these areas, he feels. CORPORATIONS HAVE RIGHTS, TOO "Corporations have a legal to encourage their employes and stockholders to participate in political activities. Our form of democracy needs the participation of those affected by laws to make wise choices of people who will write the laws of the Dr. Richard L. land. Lesher, president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. ABOUT right 20,000 HOMES IN 7 COUNTIES IN 2 STATES RILLION-DOLLA- RECEIVER Rnl MINORITY ENTERPRISE The National Minority Purchasing Council has launched a drive to generate THIS SERVICE! THEY LIKE IT TOO! Why Don't You Give Us A Try? call: LOGAN:563-590- 3 0 TREMONTON: MONTPEUER: 257-551- 3 AI3I R CAMPAKN FOR PRESTON: 2 1524)155 FUMP $1 billion in purchases during 1976 by major business firms from minority enterprises. The campaign was launched in Washington at a meeting by the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. Formed three years ago, the Council is an organization of 500 major business companies which since its inception has helped channel $933 million in goods and services from minority suppliers to members of the Council. THE PAPER CURTAIN The Comb Dimed Dim Adveirttisoirag) ereke Paper work has become a barrier between the citizen and his government. Our people become alienated when their principal contact with government is through a confusing array of complex pieces of paper." Rep, Frank Horton (R-Y.), chairman of the new Commission on Federal Paperwork. A RESOURCE A barrel of oil not pumped out of the ground is still there. It can be recovered later. But an hour of labor an hour of thought that does not take place is lost forever. There is no power on earth that can bring it bark; there is no way to recover the benefits that might have flowed from that missed Dr. Richard opportunity. L. Lesher, president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. CCoDflfa i non tarahawM CluaSSwfcy Mill Plenty oi Free Porkina 29 SOUTH MAIN - LOGAN |