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Show Page 16 - UINTAH BASIN STANDARD. June 18. 1996 to save a swimming lesson session instructor points out the proper way summer. the held are lessons throughout being swimmers life. Swimming SKILLS-- A LIFESAVING introduce their children to water at the Roosevelt Swimming Pool during YOUNG SWIMMERS--Parcnt- s the beginning stages of swimming lessons. Tiger muskic were Advice For Campers Avoid problems and do the first introduced into Pincview Reservoir, to help central the growing number of crappie and perch, more than four years ago. Gillnct results over the past two years indicate the tigers are doing their job. Because theyre not competing as much far food, the size of crappie and perch is increasing. But, while the perch and crappie fishery improves, the predator also BUSY a area swimmers listen loan instructor during SWIMMERS-Loc- al lesson session. Holiday camping limits at starvation state park top-heav- facilities, the loss of live trees cut down for firewood, litter, an increase in law enforcement incidents, vehicles blocking or restricting access to the water and blocking emergency vehicle access, vehicles not staying on roads or trails, degradation and erosion to the watershed and damage to water quality. To resolve some of these problems and to make the visitor's Due to high demand on Starvation State Park facilities, advance reservations will be required on holiday weekends and are recommended on every weekend during the summer. In. addition, state park management will limit the number of vehicles in its four primitive camping During the past two visitation at Starvation State Park has more than doubled. The heavy experience more enjoyable!" Starvation State Park management 'will limit the number of vehicles in these areas on holiday weekends during the and stay on'campirig;' areas .ana natural resources is becoming a concern. There are five designated camping areas around the reservoir which include a developed area with 54 campsites and a large group site. However, the four primitive camping areas. Rabbit Gulch, Indian Bay, Juniper Point and Knight Hollow, are of 'primary concern. impact'1 1996 season. The limits for each Rabbit Gulch, 75 vehicles; Indian Bay, 75 vehicles; Point; 30 vehicles; and Junip knight Hollow, 30 vehicles. Combined with the developed campground and group site, this allows more than 300 vehicles to camp within the park. To make camping reservations, 0 from within the Salt call Lake calling area or outside the Salt Lake area. Reservations can be made from three to 120 days in advance. For more information call Starvation State Park at area On holiday weekends these four areas are impacted the hardest because of the large number of vehicles and people camping dispersed throughout the entire The problems of most concern are related to sanitation, public safety and degradation of the resources. Problems include: a lack of sufficient restroom has become a coveted trophy. Tiger muskie have lured many anglers to test their wits against what is affectionately called a water wolf. I use tiger muskie as a tool, just like a mechanic uses a wrench to work on someones car, said Brad Schmidt, Northern Region aquatics manager for the Division of Wildlife Resources. You take this y predator and put him in here where he grows extremely fast and utilizes that tiny energy package in crappie and perch by gobbling them up by the hundreds, and pretty soon, you have huge tiger muskie, while the number of perch and crappie in the system is are: 322-377- reduced. These little pan fish are density that is, they stay, dependent, together in one place competing for food, Schmidt said. When the tigers move in and take out a large group, that opens up the food for other fish. . Its a very effective way of them, especially in the Kent Sorenson, biologist You will see these fish in six to eight inches of water. Getting a fly to them is easier than casting a large, plug that makes a big splash. Our flics are about six inches long, but the sound they make when they hit the water isnt anything like the jointed lure, smacking the surface of the water. Tiger muskie are a cross between northern pike and muskel unge. Both are fish eaters. For best success use lures that resemble perch, crappie, or other small catching Ksaid two-oun- forage fish. Firecracker Tire ' 45,000 CO-O- P TIRES! Weather Mark Belted Radial $OA95P155MR11 P18580R13 P19575R14 P20575R14..... 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Suspend food, garbage and game up out of the reach of bears or lock it into the car trunk or E bear problems occur for two reasons. The bear is attracted .to the camp by food or garbage or rarely, someone gets between a mother and ha cubs. Generally both problems can be avoided. Bears will normally avoid humans. In areas where bears are recommend common, experts making noise as you hike such as singing or attaching a bell to your pack so the bear knows someone is near. The bell singing alert the bear to your presence and it will move out of your way. This is mandatory in grizzle bear areas but not usually required in black bear a Attracting and feeding bears is a Specials Mi - Steel When a human and a bear come yourself and your camp as clean as into contact, the bear always loses. possible. Separate the food area Bears that leant humans may be a from the sleeping area. This source of food generally have to be includes not only the food and destroyed. Usually, bears are codas but also the preparation, attracted to humans by carelessness, cooking, eating and dean up. Any leaving garbage or food items about utensils, rags, and even clothes' and through intentional feeding. Do used while cooking, should be left the bear a favor, dont feed it and in the cooking area. If the sleeping area does not have an attracting keep a clean camp or cabin site. odor, chances are the bear will the Utah of Division Every year, Wildlife Resources will receive leave the sleeper alone. In the suspend phone calls on bear sightings. These can range from bears wandering food, garbage and game, 12 feet above the ground and into camps and other places four feet less or the away from a tree. Even if frequented by people areas. kv? Real money savings for your holiday driving needs!; CO-O- P bear a favor, dont feed it much greater problem. Feeding can be intentional or unintentional by leaving food garbage out so a bear can find it. Both are dangerous and should be avoided because even if you escape unbanned, you might lave trained the bear to look to humans fa food. The next person might not be so lucky when the bear demands to be fed. a Unintentional feeding is especially dangerous because the person usually does not know the bear is nearby. Being careless with food, food scraps and garbage are the most common unintentional ways of feeding bears. Bears have an extremely good sense of smell and can be attracted into a camp' from miles away. Once inside, they can smell not only the food but also the scent of food that remains on clothing after cooking. To avoid problems, keep ?or& RMSTROIU Formula AT Usually food stored in a trailer or car is safe as long as the windows and doors are closed but bears are capable of breaking into cars and trailers if they find an opening. Other y, e a bear is attracted, this will keep food up out of its reach so it wont find a free meal. When a car camper is available, store food and garbage inside in a sealed like the trunk. compartment a June Human .. development and environmental changes that, ova time, have altered the earths landscape or interrupted the processes that form it, have affected fish and other wildlife ' species. While resilient wildlife species have adapted to these conditions, more fragile species, such as the endemic fish of the Colorado Riva, have struggled to persist. For ancient fish species in the Colorado .Riva Basin, human alterations to the rivers have spelled near extinction. The endangered Colorado squawfish, razorback sucka, humpback chub and bonytail have suffered a dramatic decline in numbers since settlement of the western United States. "We believe its the alteration of the habitat on the Green Riva that has caused the decline of these fish (in the Green Riva), said Keith Day, native wildlife biologist with the Division of Wildlife Resources. Therefore, we feel the best way to combat the decline is to improve or increase the habitat, or try to bring it back to some semblance of balance. Habitat alterations are inevitable where humans coexist with wildlife. However, biologists can diminish the effect of habitat degradation and loss by protecting and restoring the conditions necessary fa these fish to naturally persist. Such efforts require a physical and biological of the understanding between interrelationships humans, the environment and, in this case, the endangered fish of the Colorado Riva. ' This means year of research. Over the past 20 years, recovery efforts for these fish have . vetr& 2 VERNAL 16 TIRE CENTERS I Pries kidudM; Mounting Valw Mama. 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Some may ponder the need to conserve these relatively unknown fish species in light of the resources available on earth for game and nongame species alike. These fish have evolved here, Day said. They are a part of die system and are needed hoe in order to have a healthy system with as many of its parts all, available, as possible. If we have lost some part of the ecosystem, then the system is no longer in balance. a Ecologists know such imbalances can precipitate the decline or collapse of related species, or the health of the entire ecosystem. It is fa die survival of all species, including humans, that we, the stewarts, must restore balance where it once existed. Willard Bay Crappie Crappie in Willard Bay have been receiving increased attention from Division of Wildlife Resources biologists. . We really havent had a fast spring crappie fishing season in the past couple of yeas, said Jeny Division Weichman, regional Fisheries biologist. Our gillnetling efforts show that crappie numbers are down and we dont know why yet. There are some great fish out here, but were not seeing as many smaller fish as we would like to. The mesh size to be used in upcoming gillnct surveys at Willard Bay does not allow for the capture of a lot of small crappie, but some should $90.95 31x1(L50R15 33x1 20R1 5....$1 05.95 include Habitat key to endangered fish $7R95L123575R15 U23585R16. $89.95 Lt26575R1 6.......39S.95 Lt21 575R1 5.......$76.95 $94.95 U24575R16 attractants and perfumes, cologne, make-u- p blood. It is best, especially whenever you go into the country, and to leave perfumes, make-u- p deodorants at home. If a bear wanders into camp, it might be attracted toward die sleeping area by the smell of perfume, cologne The smell of blood is or make-u- p. an even grater attractanL Again, it is common sense, keep yourself and your camp as clean as possible. Bear problems are very infrequent. So, do the bear a favor, be available for examination. After reviewing the data, biologists may consider a new limit for crappie at Willard Bay. The regulations that are in effect apply statewide, in waters where there is an overabundance of small crappie. So when anglers take a limit of fish, they are helping that resource. That isnt exactly the case here at Willard Bay, Weichman said. Crappie are not overpopulating here and we may need to look at some changes in limits. On the positive side, some beautiful wipers were found during recent gillnct surveys. These fish are pushing two pounds now and promise great challenges lata this summa and in the fall. |