| Show animal relationships of great salt lake federal control 0 of the islands of great salt lake as aa bird bira and game sanctuaries und and increased deking of great salt lake to produce freshwater fresh water lakes tor for vitall game were held essential follow up pro ejects to the federal hoar bear river refugo refuge by dr A at M woodbury department of zoology university of utah in a lecture on the animal relationships of groat great salt lake diko before members of tile the american academy tor for the advancement of science pacific division in convention at tho the university of utah recently dr woodbury pointed out that antelope island it if brought under tinder federal control would be a tine fine sanctuary for tile the vanishing anter lope and that four of the smaller islands gunnison Gunn lson hat egg and white rock island are now ideal for the california gull the white pelican tile the iza blue heron and the double croston cormorant attempts at tho the reclamation of unproductive salt tints flats bordering on the lakes laka dr woodbury woolbury Wool bury said bald especially the work at the federal dear bear river refuge bear out tile the fact that tho the productiveness of the land can call be greatly increased whether these freshwater fresh water lakes wll wil do anything to chock the wider widen spread duck remains to be seen in tile the opinion of the utah xoI ogist but the proposed deking of the lake east of antelope island will have a definite salutary effect upon the security of the aquatic birds it carp do not prevent the development of osary food plants the animal life of the lake lahe Is very limited of the concentrated cent cont rated salt bait solution which w ii I 1 c h makes it virtually impossible for plants or animals to extract the necessary moisture for the maintenance te nance of life functions an amoeba ft a brine shrimp a dilate ciliate two brine flies and a species of omans all of them with a specialized physiology adapted to the habitat are the only known denizens of the lake the utah scientists declared |
