Show Activities of Fish And Game The Cedar City Fish Game Oame Pro Pro- Protective Protective Protective Association held its annual meeting last Monday night at the Forest office A good representation of sportsmen being present The following officers were elected for the ensuing year Fred Biederman President Dr A. A C. C Johnson Vice Oscar Larson Board Doard Member Alfred P. P Larsen Secy Treas SeCY Last year largely through the ef efforts efforts efforts ef- ef forts of the association fingerlings fingerlings fingerlings finger- finger lings were ere planted in local streams Navajo Lake receiving the greatest number Last fall was spent in constructing a dike across the east end of Navajo Lake to prevent the excessive excessive excessIve excess excess- ive seepage and this action undoubtedly undoubted undoubted- ly saved the fish there and insures good angling for the coming season The Forest Supervisor reported that the Dixie Game Preserve embraced about about about a- a bout acres and this area ara Is used by permitted sheep and cattle The deer are quite numerous and stockmen fearing that their range will become run over with deer are agitating a material reduction In game numbers Continued on Page 8 ACTIVITIES OF 01 FISH AND GAME Continued From Page 1 by throwing the Preserve open to hunt- hunt Ing The members felt that the Preserve Preserve Preserve Pre Pre- serve was desirable and nd necessary but also realized that bottling up a sanctuary sanctuary sanctuary sanc sanc- without a plan for disposing of If the surplus would ultimately result disastrously It was therefore agreed that effort should be made to correlate the interests of both stockmen and sportsmen No member wanted to see seethe seethe seethe the deer crowd croM out the domestic stock but all desire to retain a reasonable number of game The association be believing believing be be- lieving that it was time to begin adjusting adjusting adjusting ad ad- matters unanimously favored opening a part at least of the game Preserve to regulated hunting ll for the disposal of a certain number of bucks I I this season Nason the number to be decided upon by the committee after a physical physical physical phys phys- ical inspection of the deer situation and range conditions A committee consisting of Fred Biederman Dr A. A C. C Johnson and Orange A A. A Olsen was selected to act In conjunction with E E. C. C Parry local game warden Interested stockmen and the State Fish Se Game Oame Commissioner and work out some systematic plan of equitably handling the situation This committee was also Instructed to consider what legislation legislation legis legis- lation is nee needed ed to better provide for forthe forthe forthe the control of fish and game matters and to take same up with our state representatives for enactment into law during the present session of the lei leg |