102 PROBLEMS IN WILD LIFE CONSERVATION 



ferred to above. In addition, this section has jurisdiction 

 over the granting of permits to import birds and mammals 

 from abroad. This phase of its work is much heavier than 

 one would think. For example, in the single year 1933, 

 over 300,000 foreign birds, chiefly quail, partridge, and cage 

 birds, were entered while in 1930 the high-water mark of 

 importations, over 800,000 birds were brought into the 

 United States. 40 



Administration of Game Refuges: There are nearly a hun- 

 dred wild-life reservations administered by the Division of 

 Game Management, including six primarily for big game. 

 Weekly reports are required of the wardens in charge of 

 each refuge showing his activities from day to day, and the 

 customary quarterly and annual reports in narrative form. 

 Recently each refuge superintendent was instructed to sub- 

 mit a five-year development plan based upon (i) physical 

 features of the refuge, soil, topography, cover types, climate ; 

 (2) destructive agencies, fires, and grazing; (3) industries 

 and their influence; and (4) a proposed plan of develop- 

 ment as a breeding area, recreational site and as a source of 

 economic return. 



Division of Land Acquisition: The Migratory Bird Con- 

 servation Act of 1929 41 set forth a ten-year plan for the 

 acquisition of- a system of federal bird refuges on a large 

 scale to be carried out under the general direction of the 

 Secretary of Agriculture, but each parcel of land acquired 

 was to be approved by a special commission composed of 

 the Secretaries/of Agriculture, Commerce, and the Interior, 

 two members of the Senate, appointed by the Vice-President, 

 and two members of the House, selected by the Speaker. 42 



40 Report of the Chief, Biological Survey (1933), p. 30. 



41 45 Stat. L. 1222. 



42 Due to the depression and the resulting economy program the ten- 

 year plan has not operated according to schedule. The Act originally 



