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the institution of cooperative work, and to Dr. J. Grinnell, N. B. Seofield 

 and T. I. Storer, each of whom assisted by giving one or more of the 

 lectures. The results attained show that the subject of fish and game is 

 of such general interest that a full course on fish and game given in the 

 state university under the direction of the bureau would be productive 

 of valuable results. With the incentive that such a course would give, 

 many forestry students might become sufficiently interested to take up 

 work as game wardens, and many university students would receive 

 sufficient knowledge of game and game conditions to make of them 

 valuable allies of game conservation. 



Fia:. 62. White pelican feeding young at Clear Lake, Modoc County. From Salisbury's wild 

 life pictures. (Courtesy Mr. E. A. Salisbury.) 



In helping to make the students of our state university more familiar 

 with our fish and game resources, we believe that we are carrying on 

 fundamental work which will show abundant results in the future. 

 University students have the opportunity to leaven the public sentiment 

 of this state as regards wild life conservation, as no other group of 

 citizens. 



Recognizing that the understanding and sympathy of the child is 

 fundamental to the successful attainment of the conservation measures 

 of the future, effort has been directed toward the stimulation of nature 

 study in the public schools. It has been found that, although nature 

 study is a compulsory subject in our public schools, there are few places 

 in the state where any pretense of adequately teaching this subject is 



