Show f Sports In The Open Space of Utah and the tion lost a highly regarded leader and a real champion with the recent death of Director J. Perry director of the Utah Department of Fish and Game for the past eight died January after a lingering illness of six During his term of office beginning in 1949 he rapidly became a recognized and honored figure in both state and national conservation He served In important official capacities in all of these resource management During the years he headed the state department of fish and he instituted an advanced management program resulting in greater opportunity afield for the state's sportsmen and brought to the state national recognition for the merit of these Egan received many honors for his efforts during his eight years of service to the stale and its Among these was the award made a year ago for the contribution to the fish and game resources of the slate during the previous Successor in the directorship will be chosen by the Utah Fish and Game subject to the approval of Governor George D. The Utah State Department of Fish and Game announced the re of two The two men arc retiring after reaching the maximum age of 65 are Jack Webb of Juab anU Riley Osborne of Wayne Both of the men have devoted long years of service to the sportsmen of the Osborne has been with the department for 20 years while Webb served as warden for 13 The state's as well as the department of fish and will miss the helpful service of these two Employment of Dan Dufphey was announced this week by the Utah State Department of Fish and Dufphey will fill the very important position of Chief of River Basin The post entails close work with other divisions of the department as well as other state and federal conservation agencies in evaluation of the effects to wildlife resources arising from proposed water projects throughout the Foremost of these will be the upper Colorado River Storage development project now under In accepting the Dufphey Marion J. well-known conservation who recently retired from fish and game |