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Show National League Would Save Ducks The campaign of the Izaak Walton ; League throughout the West to save the perishing ducks of the Bear River marsh district in Utah, and in other sections affected by lack of fresh water, will take on propor:ions never before attempted by organized sportsmen west of the Mississippi, according to the plans of the League, recently annuonced. "The wild ducks of the inter-mountain region, and particularly in the Bear River marshes in Utah, face extinction," said Mr. Gordon, conservative conserv-ative director, "because it has been found that Western ducks are a group distinct from those of the East. i There is practically no flow of ducks ' from the Mississippi valley and points iVst in'i'o the intermountain ; region. That the Bear River marsh-i marsh-i es are vital to the Western duck supply is shown by the fact that ducks banded on those marshes have subsequently been found in sixteen Western states. The loss of several millions of ducks in the Bear River district is largely responsible for poor shooting in many Western states in recent years." Scientists estimate, it is said, that from ten to fifteen millions of ducks have died in western states during the past ten years from alkali poison. The Walton League, in order to successfully carry through its program pro-gram to save western ducks, is in- I mating a gigantic expansion program, pro-gram, and according to Fred II. i Doellner, Chicago,, general manager ! of the League, every town and county in the West soon will have a Walton , League chapter. "It must be done, if the west is to hold its position as the great play- j ground of America, not only in re-1 ; spect to the ducks, but to every other j form of wild life," declared Mr. I Loelhier. "The, League must enroll i tremendous strength to carry through its plans to save the duck situation. We must have chapters of this) League throughout the West, as we have in other sections, to insure the success of our objectives for the benefit ben-efit of sportsmen and outdoor lovers west of the Mississippi." |