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Show "protection of game " Arrangements have just been completed com-pleted whereby agreement is made between the Game Departments of Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming, and the District Forester of District 4. for cooperation between the state and government officials in the protection of game and the enforcement of the game laws. The National Forests are the natural habitats of big game animals ani-mals and it is there that protection is especially desirable and essential. The agreement set forth that al! Forest officers on the National Forests For-ests of District 4 wno can be of as-j as-j sistance in enforcing the game laws will be appointed Deputy State Game Wardens to aid, as far as is consistent consist-ent with their regular duties, in enforcing en-forcing the game laws. Forest officials of-ficials will also make an effort to ascertain as-certain the number of big game animals ani-mals killed each season and to obtain a census of he number of deer, elk, moose, mountain sheep and antelope within their respective districts. They will report the condition of the big game and make all suggestions possible pos-sible for its perpetuation. In turn the State Game Warden will assist the Forest Service la discovering, dis-covering, reporting, and extinguishing extinguish-ing Forest fires. Therefore, it is evident ev-ident that much mutual good should result' through the coopertation of state and government officials. Tke wild game iB a Very material asset of the states, supplying as it does not only a considerable amouni of food of great intrinsic ralue, but also furnishing sport and recreation to thousands. It is therefore economically eco-nomically important that it be conserved. con-served. The Forest Service is interested inter-ested in the conservation of all the natural resources of the areas over which they have jurisdiction, timber, water, and forage, and in addition game animals. In carrying out'his agreement with the states, the District Forester has already recommended for appointment appoint-ment as Deputy State Game Wardens 179 Forest officers in District 4, of which 55 are for Utah, 90 for Idaho, and 24 for Wyoming. These accessions acces-sions will constitute a very " big addition ad-dition to the number of men of the Game Department in the employ of the states. There is a very healthy sentiment among the people in favor of a strict enforcement of the game laws. The public generally appreciates that only through good game laws and their strict and impartial enforcement can the early extinction of the big game animals be avoided, and in view of its great economic importance to the states they realize that the disappearance disappear-ance of the big game would he a calamity ca-lamity to the west, robbing it of one of its interesting, valuable and distinctive dis-tinctive features. |