Under this act a cooperating State selects the 

 work to be done and submits proposals to the Bureau 

 of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife for approval. All 

 project staffs are employed by the States. All equip- 

 ment and lands bought with the help of these funds 

 become the property of the State. Initial expenditures 

 are from State funds and periodic and final reim- 

 bursement claims are paid by the Federal Government 

 on the basis of not to exceed 75 percent of the costs. 

 The remaining 25 percent is paid by the State. 



In 1950, the Congress passed the Dingell- Johnson 

 Act to give similar assistance to the States for de- 

 veloping and restoring their sport fisheries. 



The Federal Aid programs have not only in- 

 creased the fishing and hunting opportunities in the 

 United States, but have broadened the base of scien- 

 tific research and contributed greatly to the number 

 and quality of scientific and technical personnel who 

 are now engaged in fish and wildlife work in all 

 sections of the country. The impact of the two pro- 

 grams on the overall approach to fish and game 

 restoration, and their contributions toward making 

 these resources available to greater sections of the 

 general public cannot be overemphasized. 



Management of Predatory Animals and Rodents 



The prevention of an overabundance of predatory 

 animals and injurious rodents is necessary to the 

 best interests of agriculture, forestry, beneficial 

 wildlife, and the public health. The objective of the 

 predatory and rodent control work of the Bureau is 

 to control the depredations and interference of the 

 species involved, not to exterminate it. The rodent 

 control programs are conducted by the Bureau on 

 public, State, and private lands under cooperative 

 agreements with Federal or State agencies or with 

 local organizations. The work usually is under the 

 guidance of representative State predator and rodent- 

 control advisory groups. 



Federal control activities date back to 1915 when 

 aid was requested by several Western States faced 

 with large livestock losses and serious human hazards 

 from a widespread epidemic of rabies among coyotes 

 in the Great Basin. Under present-day intensive 



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