FEDERAL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES, 1947

HEARINGSP

101

BEFORE A

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE
COMMITTEE ON EXPENDITURES IN THE

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS

UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTIETH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

WILDLIFE CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES OF THE

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 1947

Including testimony on S. 2482 increasing the
fee for the Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp,

and other pending bills

APRIL 26, 27, 28, 1948

Printed for the use of the
Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments

COMMITTEE ON EXPENDITURES IN THE EXECUTIVE

DEPARTMENTS

GEORGE D. AIKEN, Vermont, Chairman HOMER FERGUSON, Michigan

JOHN L. MCCLELLAN, Arkansas BOURKE B. HICKENLOOPER, Iowa

JAMES 0. EASTLAND, Mississippi JOHN W. BRICKER, Ohio

CLYDE R. HOEY, North Carolina EDWARD J. THYE, Minnesota

GLEN H. TAYLOR, Idaho JOSEPH R. MCCARTHY, Wisconsin

A. WILLIS ROBERTSON, Virginia
IRVING M. IVES, New York

HERBERT R. O'CONOR, Maryland
J. H. MACOMBER, Jr., Chief Clerk

CONTENTS

more, Md..

Statement by-

Page

Brown, J. Hammond, secretary, American Waterfowl Committee,

Baltimore, Md...

261-265

Buckingham, Nash, chairman, waterfowl committee, Outdoor Writers

Association of America, Memphis, Tenn...

265-279

Cahalane, Victor H., Chief, Biology Branch, National Park Service,

Department of the Interior.

116–127

Clawson, Marion, Director, Bureau of Land Management, Depart-

ment of the Interior..

289–291

Day, Albert M., Director, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the

Interior.

13-18, 22, 80, 81, 82, 110, 272, 274, 275, 277, 291, 292

Gee, Lt. Col. H. C., Deputy Chief of Civil Works for Flood Control,

Corps of Engineers, United States Army-

218-221

Graham, Edward H., Chief, Biology Division, Soil Conservation

Service, United States Department of Agriculture-

90-82, 107, 110

Hudoba, Michael, Washington editor, Sports Afield.

285-286

James, M. C., Assistant Director, Fish and Wildlife Service, Depart-

ment of the Interior..

88-90

Johnson, Harry E., Division of Conservation and Natural Resources,

State of Ohio, Columbus, Ohio--

283-284

Lincoln, Frederick C., Assistant to the Director, Fish and Wildlife

Service, Department of the Interior---

82–88

Martin, Glenn L., president, League of Maryland Sportsmen, Balti-

19-22

Mulkern, Frank, Izaak Walton League, Washington, D. C.

284-285

Nelson, Wesley R., Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation,

Department of the Interior.---

--- 111-116

Quinn, I. T., executive director, Virginia Commission of Game and

Inland Fisheries, Richmond, Va-

279–283, 285, 287

Shoemaker, Carl, National Wildlife Federation, Washington, D. C-- 286–287

Swift, Lloyd W., Chief, Division of Wildlife Management, Forest

Service, Department of Agriculture.--

163–170

Reports by-

Engineers, Corps of, United States Army.

221-259

Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior---

22–78

(See also material submitted in connection with testimony of Frederick

C. Lincoln)--

84-88

Forest Service, Division of Wildlife Management, Department of

Agriculture

170-217

Land Management, Bureau of, Department of the Interior. 288-289

National Park Service, Department of the Interior

127-163
Reclamation, Bureau of, Department of the Interior (report as sub-
mitted included in statement of Wesley R. Nelson)-

111-116
Soil Conservation Service, Department of Agriculture.-

92-106

Communications from

Associations:

International Association of Game, Fish, and Conservation Com-

missioners, Lester Bagley, president, Cheyenne, Wyo---- 292

Seth Gordon, chairman of the executive committee and executive

director, Pennsylvania Game Commission.

292

Livingston E. Osborne, chairman of the legislative committee and

director of conservation, State of Illinois..

293, 296

C. N. Feast, member of executive committee and director, Depart-

ment of Game and Fish, State of Colorado...

295

Outdoor Writers Association of America, Nash Buckingham,

chairman, waterfowl committee, and others--

266-269

Southeastern Association of Game Conservation Officials, T. A.

McAmis, Arkansas, and others....

293

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Communications from-Continued

Page

Committees: American Waterfowl Committee, J. Hammond Brown,

secretary--

262

States:

Alabama (see also Southeastern Association of Game Conserva-

tion Officials) -

293

Arizona: Thomas L. Kimball, director, Arizona Game and Fish

Commission.

294

Arkansas (see also Southeastern Association of Game Conserva-

tion Officials)

293

California: Emil J. N. Ott, Jr., executive officer, division of fish

and game.

294

Colorado: C. N. Feast, director, department of game and fish. 295–296

Connecticut: R. P. Hunter, superintendent, State board of

fisheries and game..

295

Florida:

Ben C. Morgan, director, game and fresh-water-fish com-

mission.

296

See also Southeastern Association of Game Conservation
Officials.

293
Georgia (see also Southeastern Association of Game Conservation
Officials).

293

Idaho: T. B. Murray, director, department of fish and game. 297

Illinois: Livingston E. Osborne, director, department of conser-

vation..

293, 296

Indiana: John H. Nigh, director, department of conservation --

297

Iowa: Bruce F. Stiles, assistant director, State conservation com-

mission.

297

Kentucky:

Frank Phipps, superintendent of conservation officers, divi-

sion of game and fish --

298

See also Southeastern Association of Game Conservation

Officials

293

Louisiana:

Maj. James Brown, director, fish and game division ---

298

See also Southeastern Association of Game Conservation

Officials ..

293

Maryland: Ernest A. Vaughan, director, game and inland fish

commission.

299

Michigan: P. J. Hoffmaster, director, department of conserva-

tion...

299

Minnesota:

Frank D. Blair, director, division of fish and game depart-

ment of conservation...

78, 299

Don W. Norton, secretary, Ramsey County Sportsman's
Association.

79

Mississippi:

R. M. Freeman, director, game and fish commission.---

300

See also Southeastern Association of Game Conservation

Officials.

293

Missouri: I. T. Bode, director, Missouri Conservation Commis-

sion.-

300

New Hampshire: Ralph G. Carpenter 2d, director, fish and game

department-

301

New Jersey: Arthur F. Foran, chairman, department of conser-

vation..

301

New Mexico: Elliott S. Barker, State game warden --

302

North Carolina:

Clyde P. Patton, executive director, wildlife resources com-

mission..

302

See also Southeastern Association of Game Conservation
Officials...

293

North Dakota: (see also Outdoor Writers Association of America). 266–

269
Communications from—Continued

States—Continued

Ohio:

Page

H. A. Rider, commissioner, division of conservation and

natural resources..

302

See also statement, Harry E. Johnson..

283–284

Oklahoma: Kelly E. DeBusk, director, game and fish depart-

ment.

303

Oregon: C. A. Lockwood, State game supervisor..

304

Pennsylvania: Seth Gordon, executive director, Pennsylvania

Game Commission, and chairman of the executive committee,

International Association of Game, Fish, and Conservation

Commissioners ..

292

South Carolina:

A. A. Richardson, chief, department of game and fish.---

304

See also Southeastern Association of Game Conservation

Officials..

293

Tennessee:

Howell Buntin, commissioner, department of conservation -- 304

Hallie Hamm, director, division of game and fish.

304

See also Southeastern Association of Game Conservation

Officials) -

293

Texas: H. D. Dodgen, executive secretary, game, fish, and oyster

commission---

305

Vermont: George W. Davis, director, fish and game service.---- 305

Virginia:

See also Southeastern Association of Game Conservation

Officials.

293

See also statement I. T. Quinn, executive director, Virginia

Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries---- 279–283, 285, 287

West Virginia: R. S. Harris, acting director, conservation com-

mission

305

Wisconsin: Ernest Swift, conservation director.

306

Wyoming: See also International Association of Game, Fish and

Conservation Commissioners..

292