TABLE OF CONTENTS 



PACT 



CHAPTER I 



INTRODUCTION 



Statement of problems, methods, and limitations of study n 



CHAPTER II 



THE CHANGING PLACE OF WILD LIFE IN THE NATIONAL 

 ECONOMY 



The relation of a land-planning program to wild life 15 



Difficulties inherent in program 24 



Constitutional methods of application 27 



CHAPTER III 



THE SPHERE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN WILD LIFE 

 CONSERVATION 



Essentials of federal system 31 



Broad construction of constitution 32 



Conservation under treaty-making power 34 



Conservation under the commerce clause 38 



Conservation in the territories of the United States 40 



CHAPTER IV 



THE SPHERE OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT IN WILD LIFE 

 CONSERVATION 



Legal basis of state control 53 



Constitutional limitations on state control 64 



How an individual acquires property in game , 72 



CHAPTER V 



THE ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS OF THE BUREAU!OF THE 

 BIOLOGICAL SURVEY 



History 81 



Administrative organization gi 



Division of biological investigations 92 



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