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When Utah made conservation history

Waterfowl hunter, holding a rifle, with his dog at the entrance sign of the Ogden Bay Bird Refuge (now called the Ogden Bay Waterfowl Management Area)
The first Pittman-Robertson Act funds were used in Utah at the Ogden Bay Bird Refuge (now called the Ogden Bay Waterfowl Management Area) in 1938.

By Chelsea Duke

In the early 1900s, unregulated hunting and habitat destruction had pushed many animals to the brink of disappearing forever. Then, in 1937, Congress passed the Pittman-Robertson Act, one of the most important conservation measures in U.S. history.

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