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Show ! Utah to hold Wildlife Week Utah Governor Scott Matheson last week signed a proclamation declaring Utah's observance of National Wildlife Week. Delegates from the Utah Chapter of the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) and the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources were on hand at a brief ceremony on Capitol Hill announcing the March 20-26 observance. ob-servance. The year 1983 marks the 46th annual observance of Wildlife Week in the United States, a ; tradition begun in 1938. The theme for this year's ob-i ob-i servance is "This Is Your Land - Public Lands Belong to all of us." i Jay Hair, Executive Vice-president Ltne NWF, says "We chose our J983 theme to focus maximum attention at-tention on the economic, recreational and biological importance im-portance of public lands to the People and wildlife of our country." According to Hair, every American Ctizen is part owner of 740 million : j!cres of federal land, or about one ! th'rd of the entire country. The ! western states have the lion's share PJJblic lands. Almost 70 percent of i Ulah is public land. Most of the ; 'ates prime hunting and fishing i opportunity is on land administered ! y the US Forest Service, the "ureau of Land Management, or j ne state Division of Wildlife resources. , On a iocal levd) utahns enjoy the i nark v, f City' COUnty and state , v ns that also account for millions j thi. ,,es of Public land. Hair says I Z, treasure chest" of land is i iea with a vast wealth of natural sources which includes many of r country's most famous historic and natural attractions. com!tetta Lynn' the firsst lady of wnm y music' is the 1983 Cnair-Msman Cnair-Msman for National Wildlife Week. teU ynn has made radio and j noUn?10n Public service an- j the yealrnentS to be aired throughout i |
