support of State legislatures and grants 

 from the National Science Foundation, the 

 Atomic Energy Commission, and other 

 agencies, research facilities are better 

 at the Cooperative Unit schools than at 

 any tinne in the history of this 27-year-old 

 program. 



New Cooperative Wildlife Research Units 



Arrangements were nnade in 1961 to 

 transfer one of the original Units from 

 Oregon State University to Cornell Uni- 

 versity, Ithaca, New York. Authorization and 

 funds were received to establish a Unit at 

 Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge 

 in the fiscal year 1962, bringing the total 

 of such Units to 17. 



Major works published and planned 



Publications appearing during the period 

 July 1, I960, to December 31, 1961, are 

 listed in Appendix C. Special mention is 

 made here of a few major works either 

 published or currently in preparation. 



The Mammals of Wisconsin by H. H. T. 

 Jackson, retired employee of the Branch, 

 was published in February 1961 by the 

 University of Wisconsin Press. This 518- 

 page book is far more than the usual State 

 mammal guide and represents a lifetime of 

 painstaking work. 



Muskrats and Marsh Management , by 

 Paul L. Errington of Iowa State University 

 and associated with the Iowa Cooperative 

 Wildlife Research Unit since its inception, 

 was published by the Wildlife Management 

 Institute and Stackpole Company, Harris- 

 burg, Pennsylvania. 



The popular and long out-of-print book, 

 American Wildlife and Plants , by A.C. 

 Martin, H. S. Zim, and A. L. Nelson, was 

 reprinted in a paper-back edition by Dover 

 Publications, Inc., 180 Varick Street, 

 New York 74, New York. This valuable 

 book is now available at $2 a copy. 



Publication by the University of Cali- 

 fornia Press of the 221 -page Seed Identifi- 

 cation Manual by Alexander C. Martin, 

 retired employee of the Branch, and 

 William D. Barkley in December 1961 was 

 an important contribution to wildlife man- 

 agement and botanical literature. It is ex- 

 ceptionally well illustrated and contains 

 important clues for identifying seeds of 

 plants valuable to wildlife. 



Important works in press or in prepara- 

 tion include The Black Brant, Sea Goose of 

 the Pacific , by former Oregon Unit Leader 

 A.S. Einarsen; Birds of Texas , by Harry C. 

 Oberholzer, based on his work as an enn- 

 ployee of the Bureau from 1895 to 1914; a 

 book on the marshes of the United States 

 by Neil Hotchkiss; and a book on the white- 

 winged dove by George B. Saunders and 

 others. Other works in initial stages of 

 preparation include a book on the birds of 

 Idaho by Thomas Burleigh, a book on the 

 history and philosophy of predator control 

 by Stanley P. Young, Collaborator, and a 

 book on waterfowl and waterfowl habitat 

 patterned after the Yearbook of Agricul- 

 ture. This is to be edited by Joseph P. 

 Linduska, former ennployee and now Col- 

 laborator of the Bureau. 



RESEARCH fflGHLIGHTS 



Waterfowl management research 



The conservation and management of the 

 waterfowl resource are two of the primary 

 responsibilities of the Bureau of Sport 

 Fisheries and Wildlife. In carrying out 

 these responsibilities, continuing research 

 is needed to improve techniques for man- 

 aging existing waterfowl habitat, both in 

 breeding areas and in migration and winter- 

 ing areas; to develop means of creating 

 new habitat; to draw up guidelines for 

 habitat acquisition to best fill the yearlong 

 requirements of the birds; to evaluate the 

 effects on the birds of regulations and 

 other management measures; and to im- 

 prove inventory techniques. 



