PROTECTION OF GAME, FISH, AND BIRDS. (Reg. G-28.) 



Wild game adds materially to the enjoyment of the National 

 value of game n a Forests by the public. It is as clearly the duty of the 

 Forest. Forest Service to do all in its power to protect game 



as it is to protect the National Forests. 



While the authority for making laws restricting hunting and for 

 the protection of game birds and animals outside 

 stateuthoritier th National game refuges is vested in the State and 

 Territorial legislatures, it is expected that Forest 

 officers will cooperate with the local authorities in the enforcement 

 of these laws in every possible way. A passive cooperation which 

 permits rangers to refuse appointments as deputy game wardens or 

 to overlook infractions of the game laws will not be tolerated. 

 The District Forester will endeavor to arrange a definite plan of 

 cooperation with the State or Territorial authorities. 

 He will offer the cooperation of the Forest Service 

 in the protection of game on the National Forests 

 in the District, furnish lists of rangers whose appointment as deputy 

 game warden is desirable, and will assist in every proper way in the 

 collection of evidence and the prosecution of offenders. 



The Supervisor will see that the plan of cooperation is put into 

 effect on the Forest. He will recommend, through 

 offices? f F rest tne District Forester, such of the rangers for appoint- 

 ment as deputy game wardens as are necessary to 

 protect adequately the game on the Forest. It is no t intended that this 

 work shall interfere with the regular Forest business, but it should be 

 carried to the highest point of efficiency possible without such interfer- 

 ence. Nor is it intended that Forest officers should enforce the game 

 laws with any less tact and judgment than is required in the enforcement 

 of National Forest regulations. Copies of the local game laws can 

 always be obtained in sufficient quantities for distribution among 

 campers and travelers, and courteous instruction in regard to them 

 will usually save the disagreeable necessity of an arrest for their 

 violation. 



Forest officers are authorized to accept bounties offered and 



Fees and bounties voluntarily paid by the State, counties, associations, 



or individuals for predatory animals killed, but must 



not accept any fees or parts of fines on account of enforcement of 



State game laws. 



In making range allotments the Supervisor should see that limited 

 winter or summer feeding grounds, and in some 

 sto?k? rference by live cases breeding grounds, of elk, deer, antelope, moun- 

 tain sheep, or mountain goat are not crowded with 

 stock to the extent of driving the game from its natural range or of 

 depriving it of winter feed upon which it is dependent. On adjoining 

 Forests cooperation on the part of both Supervisors may be nec- 

 essary to accomplish this. In other cases, sheep may be excluded 



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