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chief of the Bureau of Biological Survey. To receive a permit, after 

 a thorough check has been made as to the advisability for such feeding, 

 the applicant must agree to keep an accurate record of the persons 

 shooting on the baited property; the total number of waterfowl killed; 

 the various species bagged; number of blinds and number of occupants 

 of each blind each day, and daily kill of birds by gunners in each 

 blind ; kind of feed to be used, intervals of baiting and that there be 

 no shooting after 3 p.m. on open days. This record is to be sent to 

 the Bureau within 30 days after the close of the season in the api)li- 

 cant's State. — 0. L. Warner, August 29, 1934. 



WESTERN ASSOCIATION OF FISH AND GAME COMMIS- 

 SIONERS' MEETING, 1934 



The fourteenth annual convention of tlie Western Association of 

 State Fish and Game Commissioners, was held at Portland, Oregon, 

 June 14tli to 16th. This Association consists of the fish and game 

 officials of the eleven Western States. It was organized in 1921 and the 

 original meeting was called for the purpose, primarily, of forestalling 

 further extension of Feileral jurisdiction over fish and game. It can be 

 truthfully stated that the Association ran true to the concepts for whicli 

 it was originally organized. Nine of the eleven States which comprise 

 the Association w^ere represented at the Portland meeting. California 

 was represented by J. Dale Gentry, president of the California Fish 

 and Game Commission. Most of the States sent two or more repre- 

 sentatives, which indicated unusual interest in the matters which w^ere 

 up for consideration. 



The U. S. bureaus represented were the Forest Service, National 

 Park Service, Bureau of Fisheries and Biological Survey. The different 

 activities of these bureaus were represented by the western supervisors 

 of such activities. British Columbia, which has many problems in 

 common with those of our western States, was as usual well represented. 



The meeting was presided over by M. L. Corrigan, president of the 

 Oregon Game Commission. Mr. Corrigan has been an ardent sports- 

 man throughout his life and has been a member of the Oregon Commis- 

 sion for many years. Both he and the personnel of the Oregon Commis- 

 sion are to be congratulated for the manner in which the meeting was 

 conducted and the entertainment provided. Portland's famous "Rose 

 Carnival" was under way and the delegates were made complimentary 

 guests, a consideration greatly appreciated. 



Commissioner Frank T. Bell of the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries 

 appeared before the Association for the first time and discussed prob- 

 lems of common interest with the States, and expressed a desire to 

 cooperate in further improving sport fishing. 



W. C. Henderson of the Bureau of Biological Survey, discussed the 

 migratory bird situation and emphasized tlie effects of drought and 

 reclamation on the abundance of water-fowl in general. Ilis was not a 

 cheerful report and there was probably not a person present who did 

 not personally feel that there should be no open season on migratory 

 birds during the current year. Mr. Henderson explained what the 

 Duck Stamp Bill will permit the Bureau to accomplish but regretted 



