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

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APRIL 26, 27, 28, 1948

Printed for the use of the

Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments

UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1948

CONTENTS

Statement by—

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

Baltimore, Md...

Page

261-265

265-279

Buckingham, Nash, chairman, waterfowl committee, Outdoor Writers
Association of America, Memphis, Tenn...

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

Department of the Interior_

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

ment of the Interior__

116-127

289-291

218-221

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..

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

Service, United States Department of Agriculture_ -

Hudoba, Michael, Washington editor, Sports Afield.

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

ment of the Interior_

90-82, 107, 110

285-286

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...

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

more, Md..

82-88

19-22

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

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

Department of the Interior.

284-285

Quinn, I. T., executive director, Virginia Commission of Game and
Inland Fisheries, Richmond, Va..

111-116

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__

Reports by-

163-170

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.

National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

288-289

127-163

Reclamation, Bureau of, Department of the Interior (report as sub-
mitted included in statement of Wesley R. Nelson)..
Soil Conservation Service, Department of Agriculture..

Communications from-

Associations:

111-116

92-106

292

292

293, 296

295

266-269

International Association of Game, Fish, and Conservation Com-

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

Seth Gordon, chairman of the executive committee and executive

director, Pennsylvania Game Commission_

Livingston E. Osborne, chairman of the legislative committee and

director of conservation, State of Illinois_-

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

ment of Game and Fish, State of Colorado___

Outdoor Writers Association of America, Nash Buckingham,

chairman, waterfowl committee, and others...

Southeastern Association of Game Conservation Officials, T. A.

McAmis, Arkansas, and others..

Communications from-Continued

Page

Committees: American Waterfowl Committee, J. Hammond Brown,

secretary

States:

262

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)

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

and game..

293

294

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

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

fisheries and game..

Florida:

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

mission__

See also Southeastern Association of Game Conservation
Officials__

Georgia (see also Southeastern Association of Game Conservation
Officials)

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

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

vation_

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

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

mission__

Kentucky:

295

296

293

293

297

293, 296

297

297

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__

Minnesota:

299

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

ment of conservation__-

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

Mississippi:

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

See also Southeastern Association of Game Conservation

Officials_

78, 299

79

300

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:

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

natural resources_

Page

302

283-284

303

304

See also statement, Harry E. Johnson__-

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

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

Pennsylvania: Seth Gordon, executive director, Pennsylvania

Game Commission, and chairman of the executive committee,

International Association of Game, Fish, and Conservation

Commissioners_

South Carolina:

A. A. Richardson, chief, department of game and fish___.

See also Southeastern Association of Game Conservation

Officials

Tennessee:

Howell Buntin, commissioner, department of conservation___

Hallie Hamm, director, division of game and fish_-

See also Southeastern Association of Game Conservation

Officials)

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

commission__.

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

Virginia:

See also Southeastern Association of Game Conservation

Officials...

292

304

293

304

304

293

305

305

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_..

Wisconsin: Ernest Swift, conservation director_

Wyoming: See also International Association of Game, Fish and

Conservation Commissioners. -

305

306

292