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report of the Bureau of Game Conservation and I will therefore not 

 report it in detail here. 



In organizing this work and carrying it forward during the 

 last two years, something has developed which was not foreseen. 

 This something has turned out to be a spirit of harmony and coopera- 

 tion between the Fish and Game Commission and the live stock 

 interests of the State which heretofore had never existed. In fact, 

 over a period of years a definite degree of animosity had developed 

 between the Commission and the live stock group as each was definitely 

 in competition Avith the other on tlie utilization of the range and the 

 installation of our predatory animal control system has brought us 

 together. This is so pronounced that the Fish and Game Commission 

 has consistently during the last couple of years been paid many com- 

 pliments by the cattlemen and the wool growers of the State in their 

 various publications over the work that we have done. 



Most important of all in my opinion is that this was the first 

 step toward a farmer-sportsman agreement which could ultimately 

 develop into the dual usage of much of the land that is now of no 

 use to the Fish and Game Commission nor to the sportsmen for 

 propagating and utilizing game birds and mammals. May I suggest 

 that the Commission grasp this opportunity that has been offered to 

 carry forward the cooperation that we have developed and expanded 

 into these various other fields believing that by so doing we can not 

 only avail ourselves of 10 or 15 per cent of additional range land for 

 both birds and mammals for the use and benefit of the sportsmen, 

 but also that this usage may be turned to some financial benefit to the 

 landowner and agriculturist. 



Your Executive Officer, together with the staff of the Division, 

 respectfully submits for your consideration the possibility of gaining 

 the consent of the people of the State of California through proper 

 legislation to the establishment of a Fish and Game Commission on 

 staggered terms for the sole purpose of maintaining and continuing in 

 operation the splendid policies for fish and game management that 

 you have laid down for us during the last four years. They are 

 fundamentally sound. We have checked them against policies in opera- 

 tion in other' States of the Union, we have results to show for them, 

 and we believe that a continuous production of fish and game in_ Cali- 

 fornia can be maintained under this program as it is one that is far 

 reaching and anticipated conditions over a long period of years rather 

 than just a day to day or year to year policy. As we, the employees 

 of the Commission, see it, a smooth, continuous administration of these 

 policies would be of the greatest benefit to the fish and game and the 

 people of the State. 



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