| Show Wh tl s DO Doi in I 1 rBy r- r THE GR ORS ORSBy By By Stan Taggart A cut fence a 1 damaged barn tarn a dead heifer better are symptoms of a broader problem Jack H H. I i ferryman extension wildlife wild 1 life Ute management special let told an audience of et Morgan County Farm Bureau members last w week ek Speaker Berryman then devoted devoted halt half an hour to the ex exploration of ot this broader problem Del Below w i iare the main of ot are some of points his bill talk tl I A Cooperative Endeavor The purpose of my job job he I explained I is not to champion wildlife but wildlife but to help the agricultural I I tural folks Polka work ork with wildlife eo flO that we can solve e our problems t together A cooperative agreement provides provides pro pro- vides Ides that the Game Oame Department contribute the amount of my salary sal sal- ary The Extension Service provides pro pro- vides Tides secretarial services and the the Department of Korea Foret t Range and Wildlife Management at the school provides office space and subject matter guidance My 1 work la to with the school and my reIs responsibility re reo re- re Is directly to them them them- not Dot to the Game acme Department The G Game a m e c Department through Its financial contribution contribution tion Is making an effort to work directly with the agricultural tural folk folks Must Develop New Basic Basle Management Concepts We must develop some Bome new ways and means of the sportsmen and the landowners landowner and the land users getting alone Were Vere going to try to provide more information through the count county agents to to- all segments of ot the population Theres There's not enough enough en ough helpful I printed Information on different problems e that come UP tip Were Vere going to develop a youth program I think the new H Four program will have a wildlife wildlife wild 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- un of wildlife an appreciation appreciation appreciation for it and also an understanding under standing of the problems that go with It The overall objective of this this- new program I Is to preserve preserve public fishing and hunting b but buton buton t ton on a basis buls that's that fair and equitable to all concerned concerned- the land user at as well as the sportsmen Sportsmen in Utah annually spend approximately four forty million dollars Fishing end and an l huntIng hunt hunt- huntIng Ing pro provides pro ides recreation for over people nearly a third of our population Its' Its obvious that weve we've got gOl to manage our wildlife Its Ils something that w we we I should treat as we do any other land resource I A Sportsman Now Is I. Almost I Anybody Half of our farm population are now sportsmen Our farm farmand farmand farmand and city population has hu merged ed ed I dont don't think we should try to maintain two separate camps campa We think of a sportsmens sportsmen's sportsmen's sportsmens sports sports- mens men's group and a farmers farmer's group Actually were we're all In It together and the quicker we r recognize this and arid start tart to work together the sooner we can smooth over some of these problems problem Population Explosion and Future Land Use The demand for outdoor recreation re recreation recreation re- re creation Including fishing and hunting over the nation as a whole is going to increase forty lorty times In the next forty years And Anda a survey indicates that the demand demand de de- mand for outdoor recreation In Utah will exceed the national aver average ge If It you think of the tremendous tremendous tre tre- tre number of people that go fishing and hunting in Utah and aud the way they swell the highways high high- ways now then now then the thought of this increase staggers th the imagination im im- In a few years some of the theland theland theland land th that t Is sub marginal is going to be extremely valuable for various forms of outdoor recreation tion Just a place to take a a plC picnic lc c lunch in a few years wilt will be worth something A place e to g go go fishing and hunting will be worth l something Things look quiet quiet around Morgan today but Morgan I is II going to change We should watch the recreation and the fishing and hunting values Well We'll have to develop some lome concepts concepti that that match up to the ch changing times we live In Triangle Committee e Has Ha Been Dee Effective Effect is 19 rather uni- uni Morgan lorgan County u her que-her i w. w h h. you youba ba baVe e t bat A af aW th s nt I hunting dh n y t f 11 dont don't have haveA have A large targe part par of ot tb the t bounty in in pheasant bunting hunting And your deer I hunting is different because ao 0 o much of It Is 11 in t private owner ship 60 So the Triangle Committee Isn't applicable perhaps as such luch here 1 I mean aa lIS important as It Jt would be say aay in Cache Cach Valley Valle or ot Utah County But Dut I think It Illustrates a principle I The Triangle Committee was initiated initialed in 1957 1959 by iby some farseeing see far I lug ing landowners and sportsmen and ami the Flah Flan and Game Oame Depart ment went On It are rel represented the theland Ule land users the sportsmen am and the Fish rish and Game Oame Department The They meet at the county level leve leveland leveland and at the district level lavel and then finally at the state level to try and thrash out some flome of ot these problems and see seG It they can arrive at some mutually acceptable acceptable accept accept- able solutions There have been some fine things thing come out of that com com- This new trespass law was sponsored and shepherded through the legislature prim primarily arlly because of the Triangle Committee The gun safety law lawIs Is another example And they are right now trying to determine determine determine deter deter- mine the extent of actual hunter hunter hunt hunt- er damage during the past pheasant season leason Study Group Formed Another step has been taken hero here In Utah Utah and and to the best bestOl o my knowledge Its the state slate In the nation to take this step The Triangle Committee has set setup setup setup up a II study group to work with them and assist them ii in 11 develop develop- developIng developing developing ing new new ways and J Ieans of preserving pre pro serving public hunting by lm- lm proving relationships 6 and by working with the sportsmens groups This committee will pull to together together to to- gether the best talent we can ge gefrom get from the field of agricultural economics law We Ve will have havethe havethe the I landowners and 0 w n e l' l s represented through ugh one of their own agricultural agricultural agricultural agri agri- cultural experts The Game D Department Department De De- will be ibe asked to sit in e We e will ask a member of the legislature the sportsmen What we want to do is get as much talent together as we wet roan ean an anto to sit down and nd l look ok at some o of and what kind these problems 6 see o of a solution we can come tUP ui UP I with Conservation 1 It Everybody's Problem What can an be done to Improve Im prove provo prove the d deteriorating ter orating sit sit- Ion on In In Utah County for ex ex- f f r r lyle ieno le l i emy r i if tJi t i f pw P pr tj J man a o 0 q g eat cal c t problem It c nt be io solved tiet T alone tone b by the Game D Department p Itt its not going to be solved d by bythe bythe bythe the Farm Firm Bureau and its Ite not going to be solved b by bit the sportsmens' sportsmens federation federations It will I only be a solved by looking at all effected people and trying to work something out Weve got to learn how to integrate fish and wildlife and fishing dishing and ond hunting with other urea lUes of the tae land or or were we're ere not going golup go- go lup ing to have It It Thin study tudy group will try to come como up with something something some some- something thing positive in the solution of III specific problems Multiple Use Ute A Must MUltI I The rho demand on every acre of land and water Is Increasing at oat a rat rate Not just on public lands but on private lands Their Theil economic value Is changing chang chang- lug ing we need more resources the highways are taking lands o out t housing is la taking land and so on on Weve We've got to learn how to use Ulle every overy acre to its fullest extent That's one oae of ot the objectives of this new wildlife wild wild- life management extension program pro gram gram tn to try and achieve this Ive been very encouraged by bythe the complete support this pro program gram has received Weve We've got all 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 the President is behind it the Utah Wildlife Federation is behind behind be be- hind it it And the Fish and Game Dep Department is squarely behind it It Weve got an opportunity to work together together and and were we're going to try I hope that In la another year we can say that weve we've made some tangible improvement ST STAN N. 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