"Multiple use" at Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. 



gation in Nevada, is now being extensively de- 

 veloped through a joint program by the State, 

 with Pittman-Robertson funds, and the Fish and 

 "Wildlife Service, with Duck Stamp money. All 

 the lands in this project are provided by the 

 Truckee-C&rson irrigation district. Draglines 

 and dirt-moving equipment are creating new and 

 improved pools and ditches and water-control 

 structures for better water distribution, all of 

 which will guarantee a perpetuation of the sport 

 of duck hunting in one of the finest areas in the 

 West. 



Under the authority of the Coordination Act. 

 and through cooperation between the Service and 

 other agencies, the Service has had transferred 

 to its administration a total of 2,167,926 acres of 

 land suitable for waterfowl management since 

 the Duck Stamp Act was passed. This, plus 209,- 

 :'.l".» acres acquired with Duck Stamp funds, 

 16,815 acres leased with those funds, and 11,835 

 acres now under contract for purchase, makes a 

 total of 2,405,905 acres added, in part by Duck- 

 Stamp expenditures, to the national waterfowl 

 refuge system. The costs of surveying, title clear- 

 ance, administration, and all other expenditures 

 incident thereto, have amounted to $5,367,125 of 

 Duck Stamp funds. These acquisitions, in addi- 

 tion to the lands acquired before the enactment 



of the Duck Stamp law, bring the Service's pres 

 ent migratory-waterfowl refuge holdings to 

 3,269,549 acres*. 



Duck Stamp Price Increased in 1949 



From 1935 through the fiscal year 19.".:;, some 

 $8,500,000 of Duck Stamp funds were used for 

 refuge development, and slightly more than $10 

 million for operational maintenance. This course 

 has been dictated by necessity. Over the years. 

 as new areas came under administration, the 

 Service has endeavored to secure funds for the 

 development, operation, and maintenance of the 

 new projects. The requirements for economy 

 have resulted in reduced requests and appropria- 

 tions, making necessary the use id' Duck Stamp 

 funds instead of regular appropriations. 



This has forced the Service to take steps that 

 have resulted in the present waterfowl program 

 being carried practically in its entirety with Duck 

 Stamp revenues and refuge receipts, and rever- 

 sions of unexpended Pittman-Robertson funds. 

 which are also available for carrying out the pur- 

 poses of the Migratory Bird Conservation Act. 

 Pracl ically all of the regularly appropriated funds 

 now available to the Service through the annual 

 appropriations for refuge purposes are used for 



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