Science in Conservation During JJ'ar Times S7 
concentrate upon it, and be willing to place in the hands of the 
administrator all of the assistance he can as soon as he can, even 
though later on it is entirely possible to work back to some of 
the causes and reasons and ultimately produce a much more 
complete piece of work. 
The administrator is in need of scientific men who are will- 
ing to do a certain amount of service work, and who can trans- 
late their technical knowledge and skill into information and 
practice that the layman can comprehend and use. 
These results can be accomplished only if we realize what 
each other's problems are. They can come only if the scientific 
field finds the means for developing, a full appreciation of admin- 
istrative problems and finds itself willing to adjust its evaluations 
and scope of activity in such a way that scientific results can be 
made use of and the worker associated with the more practical 
phases will find full acceptance of his status and effort as bona 
fide scientific accomplishment. They can come only when the 
administrator appreciates the full significance and need for ex- 
pecting only scientific truth and complete integrity in presentation 
of investigative output from his research workers. 
Summary 
Summing up briefly, the scientific need in the wildlife con- 
servation field is to know not only zvJiat to do, but how to get 
it done. 
An attitude on the part of the scientific worker that it is not 
his function to go beyond the production of facts may be entirely 
justified for much scientific work, but this should not work to 
the exclusion from scientific classification of those efforts which 
Involve the field of application. v 
The scientific worker who has the ability not only to develop 
facts, but also to assist the administrator in working out the ap- 
plication of them and their adoption, is head and shoulders above 
the one who has no ability to go beyond the point where many 
valuable data are produced but left dangling in the air because 
the administrator and field staffs do not have a thorough enough 
grasp of interpretation of facts to pull them down without get- 
ting them all twisted up and misconstrued when given application. 
The administrator who expects a research worker to distort 
his data and color his integrity for the sake of expediency is not 
using science to build sound wildlife management. 
Science and scientifically trained workers are more and more 
finding their place in the wildlife administrative field. 
