REPORT OF THE FISH AND GAME COMMISSION. 105 



Outlines for courses of study in game resources and conservation 

 methods have been prepared for women's clubs, boys' agricultural 

 clubs and boy scout organizations. These will soon be available for 

 distribution. 



Boy scout cooperation — Believing that the boy scout is in a position 

 to aid materially in the enforcement of fish and game laws and in the 

 care and conservation of wild life, a cooperative arrangement has been 

 instituted which will be of value to both the scouts and the commission. 

 By cooperating with the commission the scout not only becomes a better 

 citizen but prepares himself for the merit badge in conservation, require- 

 ments Nos. 2, 4 and 6 of the manual particularly specifying this kind 

 of work. 



Credit will be given boy scouts for the following types of work: 



1. The dissemination of knowledge on the fish and game laws, the work 

 of the California Fish and Game Commission, and on wild life con- 

 servation. (It would be of great aid to the commission if boy scouts 

 would always take the opportunity to inform campers, hunters, and 

 others with whom they come in contact, of the fish and game laws, warn 

 them of their liability for violation of these laws, and report all viola- 

 tions to the nearest game warden.) 



2. The finding and reporting of wild game which has been injured 

 or destroyed in numbers either through natural or artificial means. 



3. The systematic feeding of game during severe winters, or the 

 encouragement of wild birds through feeding, the planting of cover, 

 or the building of nest boxes. 



4. The taking of a census of any one game species in a restricted area. 



5. The destruction of predaceous animals injurious to wild life or the 

 destruction of that worst of bird pests, the European house sparrow, 

 usually called English sparrow. 



In return for cooperation, the commission will award a prize (or 

 prizes if necessary) of a pair of golden pheasants to the boy scout who 

 does the most cooperative work. Scouts wishing to qualify for the 

 above prizes are to report regularly on the work accomplished. If 

 sufficient interest is shown in fish and game cooperative work a merit 

 badge will be offered later by the commission. 



To stimulate interest in this cooperative work and to interest scouts 

 in game conservation a series of illustrated lectures and a series of 

 field trips for the boy scouts in the Bay region is being planned. 



Publications . The series of teachers' bulletins prepared by Miss 

 Gretchen Libby while Educational Assistant of the Fish and Game 

 Commission, have been in great demand, as has also her bulletin entitled 

 "Bird study in the public schools," our supply of which is now 

 exhausted. To augment the supply of printed matter for teachers, 



