pnniclccl inlormalion lo Ific CominillCL' ivgiinliiig Ihc Waloilowl Management Projecl and 

 Ihe Canadian Ckiosc Managenienl Piojctl. The Commission is considering for the future a 

 demonstration area lor researeli and stinlx in Hyde County. 



Rcpresenlative lyndall asi\ed thai tlie C^tmmillee look al Ihe possibiMty of Ihe purchase 

 of Lukens Island hy the State. I.iikens Island is an unde\eloped tract in Carteret County 

 which contains a nuniher ol quail, deer ami duck as well as hiack hears, rare woodpeckers 

 and possibly a species ol cat. The Wc\erhaeuser Company currently owns 9.433 acres of 

 Lukens. and is apparently inleiesied in selling its holdings. 



May 5, l< >XS M cotinp 



At its third meeting, on Ma\ 5. I9XX. the Committee heard from Larry Hindman of 

 the Departmeni ol Natural Resources loi Ihe Stale ol Maryland. Mr. Hindman described 

 the Maryland Waterlowi Program, which was initialed by Ihe Maryland legislature in 1974. 

 The program has Ihiee components as follows: 



1. One hall of Ihe re\eiiue from Ihe Maryland Duck Stamp, approximately 

 $190,000. is used to support waterlowi habitat work on public lands in the 

 Slate. 



2. The remaining one hall ol I lie Duik Stamp levenue. approximately 

 ■SI 90.000. is used lo llnance the Duck Release Program, which has been fairly 

 controversial both in the State of Marylatui and in the nation. The program 

 began in 1974. and since that lime nearlv 2.'S0.000 mallards have been released 

 in the slate. Birds aie ac(.|uiied Irom pimlucers in other stales and are currently 

 being released al seven weeks of age. Ihex have determined that seven week 

 old birds are Tuore cost elfectixe because of their si/.e anil weight. A sample of 

 the birds are baniled before release, and Ihe population is nionilored. 

 Approximately I2'V of tiie birds released are reco\ered during llie hunting 

 season. During ihe past two years, approximately 40.000 mallards have been 

 released per \ear. bul Ihe figure is expected to decrease next year, due to 

 binding. Ihe cost per bird for release purposes is $3. including shipping costs. 



^. A lax credit is allowed for pri\ate landowners who submit appnned 

 waterfowl management plans to the Stale iA Maryland and enter into a ten-year 

 licensing agivemeni with llie slate. Currentlv. there are 16.000 acres of pri\ate 

 lands ill this program. 



Mr. Hintlman expresseil the opinion that Slate funds would be better spent on habitat 

 development, anil that a duck release |iiduiam is a short term solution to a iong-lerm 

 problem. Howewi. shoiilil North Carolina ilecide to institute a duck release program, he 

 recommends puicliasing birds al loin lo se\eii weeks ol age. 



Poindexter Walts, ol the Insliiule o| ( loxeiuiiKMil. relumed to present to the Committee 

 a drall ol trespass Icgislaliou which would piohihil liuuling or fishing on pri\ate land 

 without oral permission ol the landowner obtained williiii the piv\ious twelve months. Ihe 



