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In localities where State officers show little interest in game-law 

 enforcement or faiJ to support forest officers who try to enforce the 

 laws, it is out of the question for forest officers to take the brunt of 

 a burden which belongs primarily to the State. Where a popular 

 prejudice against the enforcement of the State's game laws is acqui- 

 esced in by the State's local officers the Forest Service will not under- 

 take to enforce these game laws, for it could not enforce them if it 

 tried, and the effort merely hampers the work of the Government in 

 administering the Forests. 

 Fees and Bounties. 



Forest officers" are authorized to accept bounties offered and volun- 

 tarily paid by the State, counties, associations, or individuals for 

 predatory animals killed, but must not accept any fees or parts of 

 fines on account of enforcement of State game laws. 

 Interference by Live Stock. 



In making range allotments the Supervisor should see that limited 

 winter or summer feeding grounds, and in some cases breeding grounds, 

 of elk, deer, antelope, mountain sheep, or mountain goat are not 

 crowded with stock to the extent of driving the game from its natural 

 range or of depriving it of winter feed upon which it is dependent. 

 On adjoining Forests cooperation on the part of both supervisors may 

 be necessary to accomplish* this. In other cases, sheep may be 

 excluded from limited areas to provide nesting places for game birds, 

 such as pheasants, grouse, wild turkey, ptarmigan, or mountain quail. 

 No arbitrary action should be taken which would cause hardship to 

 stock owners. Wherever possible the owners affected should be con- 

 sulted and induced if possible to agree to the proposed action. 

 Stocking Streams. 



If the supervisor discovers that the number of game fish is mate- 

 rially decreasing in a stream, or that good streams or lakes exist in 

 which there are no fish, he may report the fact to the district forester, 

 who will take it up with the State authorities if they own or control 

 hatcheries, or through the Forester with the United States Bureau 

 of Fisheries, with a view to having fry sent the supervisor for stocking 

 the waters of his Forest. Rare species in danger of extinction should 

 be reported to the Forester for advice from the United States Bureau 

 of Fisheries. 



Inadequate or Conflicting State Laws. 



If the supervisor finds that the local game laws are inadequate to 

 protect the game or fish in his locality for example, if the open season 

 on deer allows hunting during the mating season or permits quail to 

 be killed before the young are able to care for themselves he should 

 report to the district forester, who will bring it to the attention of the 

 State warden. 

 Game extermination. 



When any class of game on a Forest is in danger of extermination, 

 the supervisor should investigate the matter as thoroughly as possible. 

 If he considers that the emergency is serious or that peculiar condi- 

 tions exist, he will make a preliminary report to the district forester 

 requesting the detail of a representative of the Biological Survey to 

 his Forest to conduct further investigations. If the district forester 

 concurs, he will prepare a letter to the Chief of the Bureau of the 



