LAND FOR WILD LIFE AND RECREATION 231 



PROJECTS 



1. Write to the state game department for a copy of the 

 hunting and fishing laws, one set for the present, one for five 

 years ago, and one for fifteen years ago. How have these laws 

 changed? Can you explain why? If any of you know someone 

 who hunts and fishes, ask him to tell you how the supply of 

 game has changed since he began hunting and fishing. 



2. Look in your local county history for the kinds of game ani' 

 mals that were originally in that area. Are there any of these 

 species left there now? 



3. Let the members of your class keep a list of the various 

 species of wild life they see in the surrounding country. Try 

 to identify as many of them as possible. Check with the state 

 hunting laws to see whether they may be hunted or not and 

 when. 



4. Find out if there is a sportsman's organisation in your neigh' 

 borhood, and if there is, see if you can discover what its purpose 

 is and how it is trying to carry it out. 



5. Visit your markets. See how many species of wild life you 

 can find for sale there. 



6. How many parks are there in your neighborhood? Who 

 runs them? What kind of parks are they? Lay out a plan for 

 developing recreation areas in your county with an explana' 

 tion of why you selected various places for recreation. 



7. Plan a month's vacation for yourself and your family. Sup' 

 pose you have $500 to spend on this vacation. Just what sort 

 of recreation areas should you visit to get the kind of vacation 

 you want? 



8. Suppose you are given the job of setting up the federal 

 government recreation areas. Just what sort of recreation uses 

 should you plan? How should you attempt to attract the 

 visitors? 



