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ganizations of individuals interested in the welfare 

 of wild life; (2) State governmental organizations; 

 and (3) the Bureau of Biological Survey, co-operat- 

 ing with other interested Federal agencies and all 

 other wild-life defenders." 



"The chief problem of the bureau," writes the 

 new chief, Paul G. Redington, "is to obtain facts on 

 which to base plans for wild-life administration. 

 Until it has the necessary resources to gather these 

 facts its work cannot progress to that point where 

 it can be of maximum benefit to the birds and game 

 and fur animals of the country, or of greatest as- 

 sistance to the general public or to governmental 

 agencies having jurisdiction over areas essential to 

 the maintenance of wild life, or that are confronted 

 with the problem of controlling excessive numbers 

 of harmful or beneficial forms." 



Of methods, he extols experiment stations as 

 having proven their usefulness in agricultural, horti- 

 cultural, and forestry investigations. "Already four 

 field stations have been established by the Bureau of 

 Biological Survey a fur-animal experiment sta- 

 tion in Saratoga County, N. Y., a station for co-op- 

 erative quail investigations in southern Georgia and 

 Florida, a reindeer experiment station near Fair- 

 banks, Alaska, and an eradication-methods labora- 

 tory in connection with pest control at Denver." 



Besides the field stations, the Survey admin- 

 isters seventy-one bird and big game refuges, the 

 first of which, on Pelican Island, Florida, was es- 



