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Show Wildlife Group Holds Annual I Keynoting. their conference with i confidence in the present state fish and game commission while offering constructive and progressive progres-sive suggestions for future fish and game advancements in Utah, the state Wildlife federation concluded con-cluded its annual meeting in Salt Lake this week. Cliff Huss, long prominent in Utah sportsmen circles, was elected elec-ted president of the federation to fil the term of R. E. (Bob) Heb-beler Heb-beler who had left the state. Mr. Huss and Director Leonard talked over the plans and both professed a great spirit of cooperation between be-tween the state and the Wildlife federation, forecasting improved hunting and fishing for the state. While the sportsmen from some 30 associations did not give the controversial Board of Big Game Control a clean bill of health, they did vote to retain it, under a change in membership, until some better governing body could be formulated. Under one of the resolutions adopted this week, the present five-man board will be replaced by a unit having only four votes. Under the system now in vogue the following groups are represented. repre-sented. Fish and game commission, commis-sion, the sportsmen's association,! the Utah Wool Rmwprs' ao! sportsmen in the state. In turn, Director Leonard promised continued con-tinued cooperation and invited any ad ell sportsmen to contact him on any problems pertaining to fish ad game matters. ' tion, the Utah Cattle and Horse i Growers' association and the U. S. Forest Service. The proposed board will include the state fish and game director, who will act as chairman of the board, the Utah Land owners' association, the sportsmen's associations, which will be a member of the Utah Wildlife Wild-life federation and a combined vote representing the U. S. Forest Service and the Taylor Grazing board, with each of the latter having one-half vote, or a total of four votes for the board. - The authors of the resolution brought up this revision after a proposal to put the entire fish and game picture under the jurisdiction juris-diction of the state commissioner had been rejected. It was stated that the cattle, sheep and horse inteersts couldn't object to this resoluion inasmuch as all would fall under the jurisprudence of (1) the forest service, (2) the grazing service, or (3) the private landowmers' association. Two other noteworthy resolutions resolu-tions were passed unanimously one giving the fish and game director the - power to open fishing and hunting seasons on whatever day he saw fit would settle the controversial contro-versial no-Sunday opening of the Pheasant season", while the other Z rito 016 entire fch gme department on a merit basis thereby taking it out of poUticT Director Ross Leonard,-NwcTb Cooy and Dave Madsen, former' and Vee A T "S thh:iarkers' pr At the close of the taiir Barnes of the hte association made Jr was seconded Walker of the ;aif t , m -ociation, LklZT Leonard and the rZl Dlrector the progresdve and1011 for on their 7rt ZZl |