LEGISLATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS 



1. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE SUMiMONS AND ACCEPT BAIL 

 BOND IN THE FIELD. Due to the increased number of hunters and 

 fishermen enjoying this type of recreation, the job of policing this 

 group has been proportionately enlarged. 



It would be a great aid to enforcement if wardens had authority 

 to issue summons and accept bail bond in the field to guarantee the 

 appearance in court of the person accused of tlie violation. 



The efficiency of the Department's field force would be greatly 

 expanded by such authority, as the arrest of a person violating the 

 law would not take the warden out of the field of activity. At present, 

 wardens are sometimes taken away from areas of hunter or fisher- 

 men concentration for periods ranging from several hours to a 

 whole day while they accompany the violator to the nearest justice 

 court. 



Since a great portion of arrests for game and fish violations 

 occurs on Sundays and holidays, the holding of the persons accused of 

 the offense until courts open is often a problem which has not always 

 been satisfactorily handled. 



2. AMENDMENT TO BEAVER CONTROL LAW TO PERMIT 

 DESTROYING BEAVER DOING DAMAGE TO IRRIGATION IN- 

 STALLATIONS. The beaver damage to irrigation installations has 

 increased enormously during the past ten years. This is attributed to 

 lessened demand for beaver pelts in the fur trade and the subsequent 

 lack of an adequate harvest of beaver populations by trappers. 



The first general open season on beaver in 36 years was held dur- 

 ing the 1953-54 trapping season. Approximately 16,000 beaver were 

 harvested during that season but the beaver were still under-trapped 

 for it is estimated that the annual increment was greater than this 

 amount. 



Requests to remove nuisance beaver from irrigation installations 

 have been too numeruos for the warden force to handle. Many 

 beaver have been destroyed by water users during irrigation season 

 and not in accordance with existing regulations. 



An amendment to the beaver control law, providing that land 

 owners and irrigation district employees may destroy beaver causing 

 damage to irrigation installations without a permit during the months 

 of June, July and August of each year, will help solve the beaver 

 damage problem. 



3. AUTHORIZ.\riON FOR SI'E( lAL NON-RESIDENT AN- 

 TELOPE OR DEER PERMITS WITHOUT THE PRESENT PRE- 

 REQl'ISITE OF THE SI 00 NON-RESIDENT BKi G.AME LICENSE 

 and also .M'THORIZATION TO GRANT TWO .ANTELOPE PER 

 P^:R.MIT IN CERTAIN ARE.AS. Under the existing antelope permit 

 law, there is an inadequate harvest of antelope in certain areas of 



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