1554 A NATIONAL PLAN FOE AMERICAN FORESTRY 



EDUCATION 



Public education is necessary as a seventh requirement to obtain 

 a general recognition of the values of wild life as a forest-land resource 

 and in accomplishing other objectives of a wild-life program. Lack 

 of sportsmanship in adhering to bag limits, in observance of closed 

 seasons, and in opposing efforts to impose necessary restrictions as to 

 methods of taking and other regulatory measures designed to protect 

 game birds and animals and other wild life, is in many instances 

 due to lack tff a real appreciation of game and other wild-life values. 

 Adequate protection from the " poacher", the "sooner", and the 

 "game hog" cannot be entirely achieved by State or Federal enforce- 

 ment. When the landowner realizes the values in the game on his 

 lands and gets a return therefrom, he will become an important part 

 of the game development and protection forces. 



