| Show t C t 78 t a THE 4 GR x U 1 ORS II By By Stan Taggart I A A Cut tut tence fence a damaged barn a dead heifer helter are symptoms symptom of a broader problem Jack 11 H. Berryman extension wildlife wildlife wildlife wild wild- life management specialist told an n audience of Morgan County farm members last week Speaker Berryman then d devoted halt half nu nn hour to the exploration 0 of this broader problem Below are lire some of the main points of Ms hlA talk A Cooperative Endeavor Cooperative Endeavor he The purpose of my Job explained la is not to champion wildlife wildlife but but to help the t-he agricultural agricultural tural folks work with wildlife eo that we cnn can solve our oar problems together A cooperative agreement pro pros vides that the Game Department contribute the amount of my sal sob ary The Extension Service provides pro vides videa secretarial services and the Department of Forest Range flange and Wildlife Management at the school chool provides office space and subject matter guidance My Iy work la is' is with the school and my responsibility re re- Is directly to them them- them them- not lot to the Game Came Department tiThe The G Game a m e Department through Its financial contribution contribution contribution tion Is making an effort to work directly with the agricultural tural folks Must Develop New Basic Management Concepts We must develop some new ways and means of the sportsmen and the landowners and the land users getting alone Were going to try try- to provide more information through the county agents agent to nil to-nil all segments of the population Theres There's not enough en on ough helpful printed information on different problems that come up Were going ohl to develop a youth pro program ram I think the new Four H pro program ram will have a wildlife wild life section In it so It-so so that the young people can start working on wildlife projects Well We'll equip them with information and try to develop early in them an understanding understanding un un- of wildlife an appreciation appreciation for it and also an understanding understanding under under- standing of the thu problems that go with It The overall objective of this this- new program I la Is to preserve preserve public fishing and hunting but buton buton on a basis basi a that's that fair and equitable to all concerned concerned- the land user liter as II well as AI the sportsmen Sportsmen In Utah annually spend pend approximately forty tour million dollars Fishing And 4 hunting hunt hunt- hunt I j ing provides recreation for over I i people nearly a third lof of our population Its Its' obVioUs II Ilo that bat t weve we've got to manage our wildlife Its something that we I should treat as we do any other land resource A Sportsman Now Is I. Almost Anybody Half of our farm population are now sportsmen Our farm farmand farmand farmand and city population has ed I dont don't think we should try to maintain two separate camps campa We think of a sportsmens sportsmen's sportsmens sports I mens men's group and a farmers farmer's group Actually were we're all In It together and the quicker we recognize this and start to work together the sooner we can smooth over some of these thue problems Population Explosion and Future Land Use The demand for outdoor recreation re- re re recreation recreation creation including fishing and hunting over the nation as a whole is going to increase forty times in the next forty years And Anda a survey indicates that the demand demand demand de de- de- de mand for Cor outdoor recreation in Utah will exceed the national average average It If you think of the tremendous tremendous tremendous tre tre- number of people that go fishing and hunting in Utah and the way they swell the highways highways highways high high- ways now then now then the thought of this increase staggers th the imagination im Im- I In a few some of the theland theland theland land th that t is sub marginal is going to be extremely valuable for various forms of outdoor tion Just a place to take a a a picnic lunch in a dew years will be worth something A place to g go fishing and hunting will wilt be worth something Things look around around Morgan today but Morgan Is going to change We should j watch the recreation and the the fishing and hunting values values- Well We'll have to develop some co concepts tl that at match up to the changing times we live in Triangle Committee Has Been Bee Effective Morgan organ County is rather uni uni- t. t q ade et I a b aul 7 u hotel tt li l Iii rn M t hunting m tt t Y Mont have bave havea a a large p part rt of the county in pheasant hunting And your deer hunting bunting is different because ao o 0 much of it Is U In private ownership owner owner- ship 0 the Triangle Committee isn't app l applicable able perhaps as such luch here r I t mean as aa Important as it would be say flay in Cache Valley or Utah County nut Cut I 1 think it illustrates strates a principle I The Triangle Committee was waa initiated In 1957 1951 by some Borne farseeing see far ling ing landowners and sportsmen and ami the Fl h and Game Depart ment went On it are represented the theland theland theland land users the S sportsmen and the Fish and dame tame lame Department t They meet at the county level leveland leveland levelar and ar d at the district level tevel and then finally at the state level to try and thrash out some of these problems and see it they can arrive at some soma mutually acceptable acceptable accept accept- able solutions There Ther have been some fine things come out cut of that committee committee com com- This new trespass law was sponsored and shepherded through the legislature primarily prim prim- arlly because of the Triangle Committee The gun pun safety law lawIs lawIs lawis Is another example And they are right now trying to determine determine deter deter- mine the extent of actual hunt hunt- hunter er damage during the past pheasant season sealon Study Group Formed Another step has been taken here in Utah Utah and and to the best best of ot my knowledge its the tiset state in the nation to take this step The Triangle Committee has set setup setup setup up a study group to Work with them and assist them h In 11 develop develop- developing ing new ways and means of preserving preserving pre pre- serving public hunting by Improving Im- Im proving relationships and by working with the sportsmens' sportsmens groups This committee will pull toy together together to to- gether the best talent we can get gel from the field of agricultural economics law We will have havethe havethe the he I landowners and 0 w n e l' l s represented through one of their own agricultural agricultural agricultural agri agri- cultural experts The Game Gam-e Department De DI- Department will be toe asked to sit Ine in We e e will ask a member of the legislature the sportsmen sport men Wh What t we want to to todo do is get as mu much h talent together as we Canto can canto canto to sit down and l look t. o at some of ol these problems and flee kind o of a solution we can caD come UP gd p 4 with Conservation Is t. Everybody's Everybody Problem What can an be bey done to to o Im lm-J lm Improve J pr prove ve the d deteriorating situa situation situation situa- situa tion In Utah County for ex ex- exl 1 l I ample hs M. M Into o a gl 01 gla a aI I em i b man relation relations a en 10 og es' cal cat problem It cant can't b vi lv l lalone alone lone by the Game Oam Department Its Itt not going to be solved by bythe bythe bythe the Farm Bureau Hureau and Its Ita not going to be solved by bi the sportsmen federations It will only be solved by looking at t all 11 effected people and trying to work something out Weve Veve got to learn how to Integrate fish and wildlife and nd fishing dishing and bunting hunting with other tires tices of the land or were we're not g golL go go- lL tug g to ha have e it U. This his tudy study group will try tty to come cotna up with something something som some some- thing positive In the tl rotation of specific problems Multiple Use A Must The demand on every ery acre of land and water is Increasing at et a tremendous rate Not just on public lands but on private lands heir economic value Is changing chang chang- lug ing we need more resources the highways are taking lands out out housing Is taking land laud and so on on Weve We've got to learn how to use every acre to Its fullest extent That's Thata one ono of the objectives of this new wildlife wildlife wild wild- life management extension program pro gram gram to to try and achieve this Ive been very encouraged by bythe the complete support this program program pro pro- gram has received Weve We've got all aU of the departments of Utah State University squarely behind us The extension service with all of its facilities is pushing The Ag Science division is right behind it it the President Is behind it the Utah Wildlife Federation is behind behind behind be be- hind it And the Fish and lame Game Dep Department is squarely behind it it Weve got an opportunity ity to work together together and and were we're going to try I hope that in another year we can say that weve we've made some tangible improvement STAN |
