Show News of Utah c Fish and Game t Commission Mark Anderson who recently resigned re resigned resigned re- re signed from the Utah Fish and Game department has Issued a n report re report report re- re port on the status of oC that depart depart- ment He said The financial status of or th the department depart depart- ment is excellent excellent- the best In the departments department's history Revenue In 1941 reached the high of plus t federal funds under binder the Robertson Pittman-Robertson pro program ram This is Utah's share of the federal excise excise excise ex ex- cise tax on guns and ammunition Our fish and game commission up set-up needs some revamping It should be partisan non not par bi-par- It should sit as a civil servIce service service ser ser- vice body and select the of the department free from political political cal pressure It must either go Into the details of administration thoro- thoro ly or leave the details entirely to the director If the Isto Isto is isto to go Into details it must spend full tull time on the Job and be paid accordingly With a salary of a year per commissioner and meetIng meeting meeting meet meet- ing once a month it can only decide decide decide de de- cide matters of general policy polley Utah now has deer hunting that thatIs Is equal to If It not the best In Amer Amer- ica Stockmen and landowners In Inthe Inthe inthe the state are vigorously demandIng demanding demanding demand- demand Ing a drastic reduction in the d deer er population While there is some exaggeration I am convinced that our deer are doing material damage In a number of places The deer 1 management problem is not an easy one to solve but it is not by any means hopeless Eliminate emotion emotion e- e motion and poll politics tics and the situation situation situa situa- tion can be kept on a practical ba ba- ba- ba t I sis Utah can preserve its deer hunting l if we accept the facts and make ever every effort to stop damage damaged to private property We must keep t a practical big game man constantly constant constant- ly In the field to aid our wardens f on deer and elk problems We Ve must have fish hatcheries I because we we cannot depend on natural natural natural nat nat- ural propagation We Ve have a fine system of hatcheries In Utah but they have one fatal tatal fault fault fault- they are too artificial We need more natural rearing ponds It would be better to have six hatcheries with ad adequate quate natural rearing ponds than the twelve with very little natural natural natural na na- na- na tural rearing pond capacity The tone is at hand when we must have a full time man in the field looking after our state-owned state duck marsh developments with resident resident resident resi resi- dent time part caretakers at each project We have not yet learned how to get the best results from our duck marshes In the way of duck food production however one federal man Is now devoting his entire time to a study of Utah duck marsh developments and has al already already already al- al ready provided us with considerable ble useful Information on the tho plant life and also the habits of ot waterfowl waterfowl water water- I fowl and muskrats Inhabiting these state state owned owned areas I |