DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME 



IMPORTANT NEW STEPS TAKEN 



The commission implemented its 1950 deer policy 

 by providing for a 38-county either-sex deer hunt for 

 the first time. The commissioners personally con- 

 ducted many of the public hearings on the matter as 

 required under the law. 



In November, 1954, the commission established the 

 first open season on chukar partridges, with such suc- 

 cess that it has been continued annually and the area 

 where these birds may be taken has been enlarged. 



The commission also initiated the plan by which 

 hunters may obtain advance reservations for hunting 

 on various waterfowl management areas operated by 

 the department. The program has proved most suc- 

 cessful and popular with waterfowl hunters. 



New Procedures 



Procedures by which matters such as departmental 

 recommendations for regulations and seasons would be 

 made available to the public well in advance of their 

 official consideration at commission meetings were also 

 initiated by the commission and put into effect by the 

 department. 



On a number of occasions during the biennium, 

 various commission members, who serve without com- 

 pensation, reaffirmed a traditional stand of the com- 

 mission, by pointing out that regulations are set first 

 for the welfare of the wildlife concerned, and sec- 

 ondly for the convenience of the public where such 

 regulation will not endanger the future of wildlife. 



