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never disputed this principle; indeed, in its relation with the 

 states, accepts it. The federal government has in some cases 

 made national forests game refuges but only after obtaining 

 the consent of the state concerned. 



The federal government may, however, make regulations 

 incidentally affecting wild life in the forest without the con- 

 sent of the state when such regulations are required for the 

 better preservation of the timber resources within the area. 

 In the Kaibab National Forest in Arizona some years ago 

 the deer increased to such a point that they became very 

 destructive to young trees. The supervisor provided for 

 their removal over the protests of the state officials and the 

 United States Court upheld him, although the court did not 

 go further than to say that such action might be taken where 

 wild life was damaging federal property. 16 



The Forest Service and the states usually cooperate with 

 each other in a variety of ways. In a few cases where the 

 states have the proper conservation experts located near at 

 hand the Service has called upon them for aid in solving 

 wild-life problems. In return for such aid the Service has 

 undertaken to aid the states in enforcing their game laws. 

 Forest rangers are often deputized by the state conservation 

 department as its special officers, while state wardens oper- 

 ating in national forests pledge themselves to report out- 

 breaks of forest fires to the Forest Service. 



Formal written agreements have been entered into in 

 many cases between the United States Forest Service and 

 the states, and also between the Service and the various fed- 

 eral bureaus, setting forth the duties of each party. As a 

 general rule such cooperation has been most satisfactory to 

 both parties although instances have and will occur where 

 the state department, due to political influence or adminis- 

 trative incompetency, have failed to prosecute game-law vio- 



Hunt v. United States, 278 U. S. 96 (1928). 



