As use oi recreational areas increases, problems of sanitation, saisty, and protection oi public property bee 



by highway construction, has baen determined. 

 No mutually agreeable solution to the remain- 

 ing project has been reached. The matter can 

 be resolved quickly by arbitration if the con- 

 structing agency notifies the Fish and Game 

 Commission that it refuses to modify its plans 

 as provided for under sections of the Stream 

 Conservation Law. 



This law has not been a roadblock to stream- 

 side construction 73 percent of the projects 

 submitted have been approved without change. 

 This law does help us save our dwindling 

 stream habitat — changes or mitigative meas- 

 ures have been negotiated on 18 percent of the 

 projects submitted. This law is workable — only 

 9 percent of the projects submitted were being 

 held up as of June 1, 1954, and these can be re- 

 solved any time the constructing agency de- 

 sires by using the arbitration which is provided 

 for in the law. 



The Fish and Game Commission feels that 

 the Stream Conservation Law is a fair and 

 workable instrument and recommends that it 

 be given permanent status. 



Authority to Regulate Use of 

 Fish and Game Lands 



With the ever-growing influx of recreotion- 

 ists seeking places to camp, hunt, fish, picnic 

 or otherwise use fish and game lands, there is 

 a problem developing in controlling use of the 

 areas. As it now exists, the Fish and Game De- 



partment does not have legal authority to set 

 standards for safety or sanitation, or to direct 

 routes of traffic. 



There is a pressing need for the commission 

 to have regulatory powers that would afford 

 proper control and coordination of various land 

 uses. Such rules would be drafted and enforced 

 in the interest of public health, public safety, 

 and protection of public property. 



Standardize Fish Nomenclature — 

 Include Paddlefish As Game Fish 



The latest nomenclature adopted by the 

 American Fisheries Society in 1962 incorpo- 

 rates all species of the family Thymallidae 

 (grayling) and all species of the family Core- 

 gonidae (whitefish) into the family Salmonidae 

 (chars, trout and salmon). In the interest of 

 standardizing the names on a national basis, 

 the commission recommends that this change 

 of nomenclature be adopted. 



