Show FISH and GAME utah I 1 lau and game commission A fari far i reaching caching program ol of utah wildlife conservation pro ejects for or 1946 to be financed under terms of 0 pitman act lias has been dratted drafted by the utah state fish and game department despite recent action by an ee minded house appropriations committee which lopped a million dollars off the original request toi for to be allotted throughout the nation according e dl to a an n a announcement n i w un e e m e ut from ahr rig tal the e F fish sli and d G game a m 0 h heads e a d a we are aio confident that the million dollars will bo be restored stored le as tile the result of concerted act action I 1 on by state gamo game leanders lean deis ROSS ROBS Leo eonard utah fish and game director dh ector asserted consequently we vie have hate drafted our oui program on the basis of the original request lie explained that under the request utah will receive in the neighborhood of should the million dol lar reduction not be restored then the state will receive abo about ut state appropriations are prorated pro rated on the basis of license sales it 11 L federal aid coordinator for tile the state game department pait part ment explained that pitman Robert Fon monies mantes may be ex under four categories with a fifth expected to le be added il in d hie u near e ar future the tour four are development ot of exl existing eting or new wildlife conservation consena tiou projects 2 surveys and investigations or oc wildlife projects 3 3 land acquisition 4 1 I coordination under which comes administration of projects lu in the other three the expected fifth category now pending before congress Is maintenance or of projects completed with robertson funds passage of this fifth division will give states financial assist ance in the payment of caretaker salaries and maintenance costs turpin explained the biages utah project under no 1 will be further development of tile the ogden bay migratory wild fowl area mr turpin said we are fortunate in having of unexpended funds held over from a prewar pre war pitman robertson appropriation for this job lie asserted asset ted explaining that the project was suspended when a camp was moved out by presidential order at the beginning of the war lie he announced that 1916 1946 plans call all for completion of work on unit no 3 with further development anticipated toward completing units 1 and 2 tile the un spent lie he said will be sufficient to complete the work on oil no a 3 and possibly all of no 1 1 additional work on unit 2 will come out of the new appropriation projects covering the study 0 of migratory wild fowl refuge areas upland birds and big game are planned under the second d division ivi ot of the activity this survey it was asserted will be conducted over all six state owned water fowl marshes and also include a study of 0 the relationship of fur bearers and common fish to water fowl areas the study of upland birds will place emphasis on pheasants mr air turpin said it will include establishment of workable census methods for the purpose ot of aiding in establishing seasons and limits related surveys will deal with the pheasants value or detrimental effect on farm crops studies of the success of 0 pen raised birds as against those raised in natural habitats and methods of trapping banding and transplanting the big game survey will be ba a continuation of studies launched before the war and will consider the relation of competition between game and livestock on natural browse improved game caesus methods and affects of predators particular attention will be bd paid to antelope herd he said under the third category ot of the work mr air turpin said will come a continued program of land acquisition which will place emphasis on the purchase at 0 big game wint wintering cring ranges in addition lie he said the department intends to buy certain sanctuary arena areas for pheasants as well as additional water owl fowl areas |