Show BEAR RIVER D BAY MARSH PROBLEM TO BE DISCUSSED 1 D H madsen and K E W nelson to lay matter before economists david H madsen fish and game commissioner commission er of utah left for the east sunday night tor for the purpose of 0 convincing eathern conservationists that bear river marsh area is the vital spot ton fon the hunting of 0 eleven western states and that it if the bear river marshes are destroyed the migratory wild fowl hunting of 0 the western states will bo be cut to practically nothing mr madsen with the help ot of persons who knows the situation in utah will wort work for the wild fowl bill now before congress which would make available tor for the bear river marsh development plan in case he fallain falls fall sin in this effort IN will appeal to the conservationists ot of the east directly to aiding this project which means mcanal so much to the conservationists and sportsmen alike the bear river project in brief consists of throwing a 14 mile dike across willard bay in great salt lake taking in the mouth of bear river and freshening up an area of square miles this would be divided into a sanctuary and shooting grounds bear river marshes form the largest bird depot in the west I 1 madsen will attend meetings at chicago new york and washington while in mhd east besides discussing affairs on bear river with various interested persons at the chicago meeting he will talk to the president and directors of the izaak walton league at the new york meeting he will have a part on the program of the community conference of the american game protective association this is the largest association of its kind in america and numbers as its members practically all the noted conservationists and all the fish and game officials of the country at washington madsen will meet with the advisory board of tha department part ment of 0 agriculture on fish and game problems he is a member of this board which consists of nine members member and which advises the secretary of agriculture on the various phases and problems incident to fish and game propagation and regul regulation atlon madsen is going east at the call of the secretary of agriculture the new york meeting will be the big meeting dr E W nelson chief of the biological survey will have one of the leading places on the program and lie he will discuss the bear river proposition nelson knows that the bear river marshes 1 are the key marshes tor for western shooting and he has art an arm load of testimony from his subordinates as well as some information which he obtained first hand to prove his point after dr nelson gets through the matter will be thrown open to discussion with madsen acting as champion to the utah th cause he will lead the utah end in the debate which will follow dr nel sons speech he will be assisted by the commissioners and others of the western states dependent upon the bear river country for their shooting jar dr nelson will also ask tor for some sweeping changes in game laws he will urge A shorter season A reduced bag limit elimination of disease more game refuges protest Prot esli against the indiscriminate draining ot of swamp land concerning the bag limits madsen says that important as the reduction ot of bag limits may maybe be admitted to be it will not solve the problem angwill and will do little good until it is ia adopted by the federal government in other words madsen would not favor limiting the shooting bt bf ducks in utah to fifteen per day and allowing the ducks so saved to fly to california and there be killed at the rate ot of twenty five per day uniform law must obtain he says says I 1 madsen declares that the fast de creasing supply of game Is due to disease autos good roads and shotguns drainage and the disappearance ot of marshland too long a shooting season too large a bag limit in seeking a cure tor for the conditions madsen says that it is criminal on the part of those concerned with wild ufa life to allow disease to run rampant when most plagues can be stopped funds alone limit what can be done with disease in game he also advocated shorter seasons claiming that fifty days a bearis long enough in one stretch to shoot migratory wild fowl madsen also urges the ing of 0 a lot of swamp land which has been drained and which has been found to be unsuited tor for agriculture tribune |