UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 

 FOREST SERVICE. 



THE NATIONAL FOREST MANUAL. 



AMENDMENT NO. 152 INSTRUCTIONS. 



DECEMBER 14, 1912. 



Grazing. Paragraphs 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the Instructions, on page 

 59, are hereby amended by the substitution of the following instruc- 

 tions : 



Wild game adds materially to the enjoyment of the National For- 

 3ts by the public, and the preservation of game animals, birds, and 

 ish is a public duty. This duty, however, rests primarily with the 

 state. It is incumbent upon the Forest Service, under the act of 

 May 23, 1908, to render all reasonable assistance in the protection of 

 game within the National Forests, but the duty of enforcing the State 

 game laws is one which the Service can not a'ssume without the con- 

 sent of the State and which the State can not impose upon forest 

 officers without the consent of the Forest Service. The Forest 

 Service must be governed in its enforcement of the game laws by 

 the attitude of the State officials. Furthermore, such assistance 

 must be subordinated to the regular protective and administrative 

 work of the Forest Service. In no instance will additional officers 

 be employed for this purpose. Officers will not be retained for 

 periods of the year during which they are not required for other 

 duties or stationed in parts of Forests where they are not otherwise 

 needed in order to protect game. The time spent and expenditures 

 incurred must be limited to such as will cause no serious interfer- 

 ence with regular work. Assistance in the enforcement of the game 

 laws within the National Forests of each district, by members of the 

 Forest Service, will be in accordance with definite instructions issued 

 by the district forester, who in issuing such instructions will be gov- 

 erned by the following general statement of policy. 



In States which have enacted adequate laws for the protection of 

 game and where such laws are fully and conscientiously enforced by 

 the State officers, the Forest Service will carry the work of enforcing 

 the game laws to the highest point of efficiency attainable within the 

 limitations specified above. To accomplish this the district forester 

 may, at his discretion, agree with the proper State officers upon a 

 definite plan of cooperation with stipulation of the conditions under 

 which forest officers will accept, appointments as deputy State game 

 wardens, and will enforce the State laws through the arrest and 

 prosecution of persons found to be violating such laws. Such a 



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