CHAPTER XVni 



COORDINATING GROUSE PRODUCTION WITH OTHER PRIMARY 



LAND USES 



By Frank C. Edminster 



FITTING GROUSE NEEDS INTO MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC LANDS 

 Game Lands — Public Forests — Parks and Forest Preserves 



COORDINATING GROUSE PRODUCTION WITH PRIVATE LAND MANAGEMENT 



Lands Owned by Individuals — Lands Owned by Corporations — Soil Conservation 

 Districts — Forest Districts — Sources of Technical Aid 



THE FUTURE 



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SUMMARY 



The type of ownership, as well as the primary use of the land, is an important factor in 

 coordinating grouse management with other iaiui use practices, (p, 682). 



On public lands in grouse range, where primary land use is for game, it is merely a ques- 

 tion of balancing the requirements of the various species, (p. 682). 



Areas not in grouse range but mainly adapted to waterfowl and farm game species will offer 

 little opportunity for practical grouse produc lion. 1 1). 68.'i). 



The largest publii- areas are forests, in which arc often ft)und real opportunities for coordina- 

 ting grouse production with the primary use, timber jiroduction. (p. 6<>.'-}). 



Public interest is best served by producing both timber and game crops with a fair regard 

 for each. (p. 683). 



The degree of correlation to be sought between grouse management and wood production is 

 a matter of policy and is administrative in nature, (p. 683). 



In portions of a park, management of its woodlands may well incorporate measures advan- 

 tageous to grouse, (p. 684). 



The forest preserve type of park, in the Northeast, is all grouse range and is capable of great 

 ■improvement, (p. 684). 



National Parks present essentially the same problems for grouse management as do forest 

 preserves, (p. 685). 



Coordinating grouse production on privately owned lands is vastly different than on public 

 lands; a public agency has a responsibility to the people not felt by private owners, 

 (p. 685). 



