| OCR Text |
Show Game Board Not Commission Sets Fall Hunts In view of the dissatisfaction that many southern Utah hunters have felt with the recently end-,ed end-,ed big game seasons, local department de-partment of fish and game officials offi-cials today explained to area sportsmen that all hunts for big gam species in the State are set by th Utah Board of Big Game Control. 'The Big Game Board," said S. M. Clark, regional supervisor for the department, "should not be confused with the five-man fish and game commission. The Commission," Mr. Clark pointed out, "is the policy making mak-ing body for the department and , is empowered under law to act on all matters except those relating re-lating to big game." This board was created in 1927 the Board of Elk Control. In 1953 the Board of Elk Contron. In 1933 the state legislature delegated broader powers to this group, In- eluding regulation of deer num-Ibers, num-Ibers, hunts, etc., and renamed It th Board of Big Game Control. The five members of this board each having an equal vote on final fi-nal decisions, represent the parties par-ties most vitally concerned with game and range situations: The Department of Fish and Game, the Wildlife Federation, the U. S. Forest Service, the Utah Wool-growers Wool-growers Association, and the Utah Cattlemen's Association. Each spring the Interagency committee, a fact finding body appointed by the board and representing rep-resenting technical personnel of the department of fish and game, the U. S. Forest Service and the U. S. Bureau of Land Management, Manage-ment, meet to frame recommendations recommend-ations for the various hunts for the Board to act upon later. These recommendations, based on sound management principles, princi-ples, are , made only after exhausive field study and research re-search assignments have been carried out. With the Interagency committee commit-tee recommendations in hand, the board of big game control, beginning in late May, convenes five separate meetings In key areas of the state. During these meetings, which are open to the public, the n-c-ommendations presented by the interagency committee are reviewed re-viewed and further recommendations recommenda-tions are solicited frm interested interest-ed persons or organizations that may be present. i When the last public meeting has adjourned, the Hoard meets to analyze and discuss all recommendations rec-ommendations and finally set the seasons for the annual fail hunts. When final decisions on the, various hunts have been reach-'ed reach-'ed by the board, the department! of fish and game drafts the proc-' lamatlon and becomes charged! with the supervision of the hunts. "This, then," Clark stated "Is the way in which seasons and. regulations are set. Certainly in j order to serve the best interests of all groups the teachnlcal recommendations rec-ommendations are not always accepted. Further, each Individual Individ-ual can have a voice In the es- tablishment of the hunts, if he will but make himself heard during dur-ing the course of the public-meetings." |
