CONSERVATION AND ITS MEANING 



fry, or fingerlings secured from hatcheries, it is essential that there 

 should be a high survival curve. Recent work tends to show that in 

 the case of trout, at least, the larger the fish, the better the chance 

 it has of meeting and overcoming the vicissitudes of life when stocked 

 in an open stream. 



k. 





National Forests 

 National Parks 



^' s 



National Parks and National Forests in the United States. How do you account 

 for the geographic distribution of these areas .•> 



National Parks 



Among the most valuable Federal agencies for the conservation of 

 wild life are the National Parks, of which there are twenty-two in the 

 United States and eighteen in Canada. In these areas all wild life is 

 protected, including bison, antelope, moose, white-tailed deer, mule- 

 deer, elk. Rocky Mountain sheep, black and grizzly bears, along 

 with numerous smaller predatory animals. National Parks are in 

 the truest sense the pleasure grounds of the conservationist. 



Is There a Unified Program? 



The thinking American would undoubtedly admit the necessity for 

 a definite long-range plan of conservation for all of our natural 

 resources, regardless of whether or not he is concerned with oil, 

 forests, minerals, or fish and game. Since our various conservation 

 agencies are centered in the Federal government, it is legitimate that 



