LAND REQUIREMENTS AND POLICIES WITH RESPECT 



TO WILDLIFE 



Contents 



Page 



Preface iii 



Section I. Requirements for Wildlife Areas 1 



Economic importance of wildlife — Social and recreational importance — Need of wildlife management — 

 Possibilities and limitations in associating wildlife with other uses of land — Public areas employed as special- 

 ized refuges — Public areas designated as refuges but devoted to other major uses — Public areas needed for 

 specialized refuges — -Public areas in other uses that should be designated as wildlife refuges — Private lands 

 employed as a habitat for wildlife. 



Section II. Policies With Respect to Wildlife 12 



Areas now in public ownership devoted to wildlife — Programs of acquisition; suggestions for modifica- 

 tion — Integration of Federal and State policies — Encouraging game production on private lands. 



Section III. Wildlife Management in National Forests 15 



Encouraging game management on public land in other use — Economic and social values of wildlife 

 areas — Wildlife and other land uses — Areas suitable only for refuges — Areas specially adapted to wildlife — • 

 Areas available for wildlife — Needed additions to forests — Privately owned land as a hibitat for wildlife. 



