Iron County Record | 1950-05-11 | Page 3 | Utah Fish and Game Commission Opens Grass Valley Fishing

Utah Fish and Game Commission Opens Grass Valley Fishing The Utah Fish and Game Commission, Com-mission, in a special proclamation proclama-tion just issued, has opened to fishing, the Grass Valley Reservoir Reser-voir in Washington county. The opening date for this reservoir will be May 22, beginning at l a. m. The Grass- Valley reservoir is located in the Pine Valley mountains. moun-tains. This reservoir was very heavily stocked early this season sea-son with legal -size fish, the fish having been planted from the overcrowded rearing ponds at the Panguitch hatchery. It was anticipated an-ticipated at the time of the early planting that there would he plenty of water to keep the fish the entire season, but the protracted pro-tracted drouth in southern Utah and the heavy draining of the reservoir for irrigation purposes have placed the fish population in a precarious condition. It is deemed an act of conservation to make use of the fish before the lowering of the water level en-dangers en-dangers fish life.