I0 o PROBLEMS IN WILD LIFE CONSERVATION 



garding predatory animal and rodent control work with the 

 Forest Service, National Parks Service, the Bureau of In- 

 dian Affairs, and the Office of the General Extension 

 Service. 



Enforcement of the Federal Game Laws: The regulatory 

 work of the Division of Game Management is founded upon 

 the Lacy Act of ipoo, 35 the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 

 19 1 8, 36 and various laws affecting wild-life reservations. 

 To enforce these laws the Survey has a staff of 25 United 

 States game protectors scattered over the country in as 

 many districts aided by temporary assistants on a per-diem 

 basis known as United States deputy game wardens. 



The President upon recommendation of the Secretary of 

 Agriculture is authorized, by the terms of the Migratory 

 Bird Treaty Act, to issue regulations which have the force 

 of law, fixing the length of the open season and the bag limit 

 for migratory game birds. These regulations are drafted 

 annually for the Secretary by the Biological Survey, advised 

 by a representative laymen's committee chosen by the survey 

 from various parts of the country. 



In a certain sense the intent and purpose of the federal 

 game laws is to secure a degree of uniformity among the 

 states and to aid them by making violations of state game 

 laws more difficult. With such a small number of wardens 

 each covering a large territory, efficient enforcement could 

 only be obtained through a policy of close cooperation with 

 the state conservation departments. To such cooperation 

 is due in large measures the success the Survey has had 

 to date. 



One form of cooperation is the deputizing of wardens of 

 the respective services, federal and state, on the opposite 



35 31 Stat. L. 187 as amended by Act of March 1909, 35 Stat. L. 1137. 

 *<? 40 Stat. L. 755. 



