﻿MINOR 
  FUR-BEARING 
  ANIMALS. 
  

  

  FIELD 
  WORK. 
  

  

  The 
  limited 
  appropriation 
  available 
  for 
  field 
  work 
  in 
  connection 
  

   with 
  the 
  protection 
  of 
  the 
  minor 
  fur-bearing 
  animals 
  for 
  the 
  fiscal 
  

   year 
  which 
  ended 
  June 
  30, 
  1914, 
  made 
  necessary 
  some 
  curtailment 
  

   of 
  this 
  work. 
  This 
  inadequacy 
  was 
  compensated 
  for 
  to 
  some 
  extent 
  

   by 
  diverting 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  activities 
  of 
  the 
  wardens 
  to 
  necessary 
  

   work 
  pertaining 
  to 
  the 
  salmon 
  fisheries. 
  The 
  appropriations 
  for 
  the 
  

   fiscal 
  year 
  1915 
  authorized 
  an 
  increase 
  in 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  wardens 
  from 
  

   five 
  to 
  seven. 
  The 
  primary 
  field 
  duties 
  of 
  the 
  wardens 
  consist 
  in 
  

   enforcing 
  the 
  laws 
  and 
  regulations 
  for 
  the 
  protection 
  of 
  the 
  fur-bearing 
  

   animals 
  and 
  in 
  collecting 
  such 
  information 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  those 
  animals 
  

   as 
  will 
  enable 
  the 
  Department 
  to 
  formulate 
  regulations 
  calculated 
  

   to 
  restrict 
  as 
  little 
  as 
  possible 
  the 
  fur 
  industry 
  in 
  Alaska 
  consistent 
  

   with 
  the 
  conservation 
  of 
  the 
  wild 
  fur-bearers. 
  

  

  The 
  principal 
  places 
  used 
  as 
  centers 
  of 
  operations 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  

   wardens 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  were 
  Fairbanks, 
  Afognak, 
  Wrangell, 
  and 
  

   Copper 
  Center, 
  and 
  efforts 
  were 
  made 
  to 
  have 
  them 
  cover 
  as 
  large 
  an 
  

   extent 
  of 
  surrounding 
  territory 
  as 
  possible. 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  regular 
  wardens, 
  one 
  Alaska 
  game 
  warden 
  

   with 
  headquarters 
  at 
  Chicken 
  was 
  employed 
  throughout 
  the 
  year 
  as 
  

   a 
  special 
  fur 
  warden, 
  at 
  the 
  nominal 
  salary 
  of 
  $10 
  per 
  month, 
  for 
  the 
  

   purpose 
  of 
  securing 
  the 
  enforcement 
  of 
  the 
  law 
  and 
  regulations 
  pro- 
  

   tecting 
  fur-bearing 
  animals 
  in 
  the 
  region 
  under 
  his 
  supervision 
  as 
  a 
  

   game 
  warden. 
  

  

  NEW 
  REGULATIONS. 
  

  

  In 
  order 
  to 
  cooperate 
  with 
  those 
  who 
  desired 
  to 
  take 
  up 
  the 
  business 
  

   of 
  fur 
  farming, 
  the 
  Department 
  in 
  June, 
  1914, 
  revised 
  the 
  regulations 
  

   to 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  authorizing 
  the 
  taking, 
  for 
  use 
  for 
  breeding 
  purposes 
  

   in 
  Alaska, 
  of 
  foxes 
  and 
  martens 
  at 
  any 
  time, 
  except 
  from 
  March 
  15 
  

   to 
  June 
  30, 
  both 
  days 
  inclusive, 
  of 
  each 
  year, 
  and 
  of 
  land 
  otters 
  and 
  

   minks 
  excepting 
  the 
  season 
  from 
  April 
  1 
  to 
  June 
  30, 
  both 
  days 
  inclu- 
  

   sive, 
  of 
  each 
  year. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  the 
  Department 
  incorporated 
  in 
  the 
  regulations 
  

   provisions 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  fur 
  farming 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  All 
  persons 
  engaged 
  in 
  Alaska 
  in 
  the 
  business 
  of 
  breeding 
  and 
  raising 
  fur-bearing 
  

   animals 
  in 
  captivity 
  shall 
  first 
  obtain 
  from 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  Commerce 
  a 
  license 
  

   for 
  that 
  purpose, 
  which 
  shall 
  be 
  issued 
  without 
  charge, 
  and 
  they 
  shall, 
  on 
  the 
  1st 
  day 
  

  

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