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Show Sports In The Open Spaces Many Utah sportsmen now have the opportunity to contribute contri-bute a helping hand in the management of the state's big game and game bird populations, popula-tions, according to spokesmen for the State Department of Fish and Game. Totals of 29,000 deer and 10,000 pheasant Will questionnaire question-naire cards have been sent to sportsmen whose names were picked at random from the files of license buyers as listed at de-: de-: partment offices. lit is from, this annual deer kill card cansus that vital information in-formation is gathered, important import-ant to better management of the state's big game resources This information, along with that gathered during1 range counts and studies, checking station figures and other sources, sour-ces, forms the basis for the recommendations rec-ommendations upon which . the Utah Board of Big Game Control Con-trol sets 'the annual seasons for big game. The same important information informa-tion is derived from the pheasant pheas-ant kill cards and is helpful in scheduling the annual fall hunts for this prime game bird. Sportsmen receiving either type of kill consus cards are urged to fill them out accurately accurate-ly and return them immediaitely to department offices. The cards are selfnaddre'ssed and re-tjuiire re-tjuiire no postage. F-&-S A major project at the state's Kamas Fish Hatchery was completed com-pleted last week when the contractor con-tractor put finishing touches on new trout fry ponds there. This will increase by four times the available space for handling the small fish in the early weeks of their growth. The Kamas plant annually handles han-dles about seven million eggs and raises four million of the trout fry ' produced at the twelve State hatcheries. Many are later transferred to the other hatcheries for rearing to the fingerling and legal stage before planting. A second phase of this important im-portant capital " improvement projeot is now under way with the construction of a new refrigerated re-frigerated feed house at the Kaunas plant. |