Show Sports In The Open Space The annual tour of several state fish hatcheries has been set for April according to spokesmen for the Salt Lake Fish and Game The representing all sportsmen in Salt Lake each year sponsors this motorcade They are joined in the effort by organized sportsmen groups from Utah and other Spokesmen noted that anyone and everyone was welcome to join the tour which will get underway at from the Scott Avenue hatchery in Salt Lake will travel from there to the Springville thence up Provo Canyon to the Midway and then on to the Kamas facility to complete the full day and visits to four of the state's twelve fish rearing Plans call for free lunch to be served to everyone about mid-day while the tour is inspecting the Midway Association members cited the value of these yearly tours in acquainting the public with what the state is doing to supply more and healthier fish into all waters in an effort to maintain a fair creel return for the increasing number of anglers afield each New and enlarged advanced feeding methods and other improvements during the past year will be shown and explained to those making the The hatcheries are now at peak production and capacity in preparation for the heavy stocking which annually gets under way just prior to the opening of the general angling The season opens June 1 this The department of fish and game joined the sportsmen in the invitation for all interested parties to F S The yearly range rides are continuing over the state as the condition of Utah's deer herds available winter feeds are the department of fish and game said Several rides are conducted every year during the late winter- 0 early spring period in of the 62 deer herd wintering These areas form the key to the deer number that can be maintained in each herd since the range is in short supply compared to the much larger summering Range managers from the the Forest and the Bureau of Land Management make the surveys each They are often joined and aided in the work by locally Interested sportsmen and Following the state wide survey each year members of the above three government agencies then conduct several local meetings in all sections to consolidate recommendations for the fall harvest of big game |