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Although fish of this species are occa- 

 sionally caught in lakes of the Truckee 

 basin, the mackinaw, or Great Lakes 

 trout, as it is sometimes called, has never 

 thrived to the extent expected when intro- 

 duced into this part of the country. This 

 season, however, an unusual amount of 

 large trout, ranging from 5 to 15 pounds, 

 have been caught in Donner Lake. — 

 George Neale, Sacramento California. 



WHITE PELICANS MEET DEATH 

 DURING COLD WAVE. 



Investigation authenticated a report in 

 late January that numerous white peli- 



cans were found dead on the shores of 

 Lake Washington, near Sacramento. Lo- 

 cal observers stated that the extremely 

 stormy weather was responsible for the 

 death of the pelicans. The terrific north 

 wind appeared to render the birds help- 

 less, and many were unable to rise after 

 being blown down on the ice. which was 

 several inches thick, or against wires. 

 .\fter the storm more than twenty-five of 

 the pelicans were found dead along the 

 shore of the lake. — George Neale, Sacra- 

 mento, California. 



CONSERVATION IN OTHER STATES. 



OREGON KILLS SEA LIONS. 



During the past year the Oregon Fish 

 Commission at the request of commer- 

 cial fishermen, has attempted to extermi- 

 nate the Stellar sea lions in the colonies 

 along the Oregon coast. For this purpose 

 a special boat was secured and equipped. 

 The slaughter of these mammals is de- 

 fended on the claim of the fishermen that 

 the sea lions destroy large numbers of 

 young salmon. It is to be hoped that the 

 stomach contents of the animals killed 

 is being carefully analyzed, for when an 

 investigation was ordered a number of 

 years ago here in California, on the com- 

 plaint of fishermen, the sea lions killed 

 were found to contain squids and octopi 

 rather than salmon. 



CONSERVATION IN EDUCATION. 



"Education is perhaps the greatest one 

 factor in aiding conservation. T'ndoubt- 

 edly the teaching of the principles of 

 wild-liff' iirotection in the public schools 

 will have a wonderful restraining effect 

 upon the coming generation. The Wis- 

 consin Game Protective Association is 

 endeavoring to have a law enacted provid- 

 ing that Wisconsin school children shall 

 be given instruction in the conservation 

 of fish and game as a part of their 

 regular school courses. 



An effort should be made in all states 

 by sportsmen's associations to have laws 

 of this nature passed. At the present 

 time Nevada is the only state we know of 

 that has a law requiring that conservation 

 be taught in the public schools of that 

 state." — (R. P. Holland, Field and 

 Stream, May, 1921, Vol. 2G, No. 1, p. 33.) 



OREGON HAS ADOPTED NEW GAME 

 CODE. 



At the last session of its legislature the 

 State of Oregon adopted a new game 

 code, the outstanding feature of which is 

 the increase in license fees for Iioth hunt- 

 ing and angling to $3, with the provision 

 that a coml)ination hunter's license and 

 angler's license may he obtained for $5. 

 With the increased income from license 

 fees the commission expects to improve 

 its patrol service and to increase its 

 hatcheries from five to fourteen. 



WISCONSIN'S BUCK LAW FAULTY. 



Wisconsin is unfortunate in the word- 

 ing of her new buck law, which provides 

 that only bucks not less than one year of 

 ige can be lawfully taken. As a result 

 'sportsmen are continually writing the 

 l.'onservation Commission, asking for 

 some means of identifying a year-old 

 Inick deer. In that according to law a 

 deer can not lawfully be killed until it is 

 one and one-half years old, since fawns 

 are born in May and June, the Conserva- 

 tion Commission has recently instructed 

 its wardens that all deer with horns less 

 than 3 inches in length, found in the 

 possession of a hunter, are fawns and are 

 to be confiscated. An attempt will be 

 made to amend the law at the next legis- 

 lative session to provide for a certain 

 length of horn. 



AUSTRALIA ESTABLISHES REFUGE. 



The establishment of Wilson's Prom- 

 ontory, a national sanctuary in Australia 

 covering about 101,000 acres of moun- 

 tainous country, will provide protection 



