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as fully as possible conditions of environment 

 favorable to wildlife. However most states were 

 slow to recognize the need for controlling game 

 populations where overabundance was causing 

 damage to the environment or unduly interfering 

 with use by permitted livestock. So a regulation 

 was approved by the Secretary of Agriculture 

 under which the Forest Service could regulate hunting 

 in specific areas when the state failed to take 

 action to correct serious conditions. This was 

 vigorously otmosed by state wildlife authorities, 

 but it was one factor that spurred states to improve 

 their control policies to the point where the 

 regulation was repealed. 



Fire Control Policy 



The overriding policy in fire control was and 

 is to (a) prevent man-caused fires by every possible 

 means education, temporary closing of certain areas 

 in times of critical hazard, provision of safe places 

 for campfires, requiring campfire permits, law 

 enforcement, and any other promising means, including 

 removal of special hazards such as logging slash, 



