ful of devoted, self-sacrificing men to whom posterity will 

 owe much. Reasonable success is now assured ; the wild 

 life can and will be saved. The best type of American 

 citizen will persist and, with him, man's most wholesome 

 companions, animate and inanimate — ^the dog, the gun 

 and the rod. How can this be accomplished? 



A skeleton outline of these principles and practices 

 which have thus far stood the test of time and been 

 adopted would include the following : 



No public shooting can be maintained without thorough- 

 ly protected refuges. 



Paid wardens are the only effective wardens. They 

 must be kept in service throughout the year and promoted 

 on the merit system to delevop an esprit de corps in the 

 state and Federal Government organizations. 



Violations must be punished to develop a respect for 

 the law and, to apprehend the violators, a trained, skil- 

 ful secret-ser\ace force is necessary. 



The winter feeding of game and the control of vermin 

 are important factors. 



A single commissioner with full authority to take 

 charge of all matters concerning the conservation of the 

 state's natural resources has proved far better than the 

 county system or the committee system, unless the mem- 

 bers of such committee grant the broadest powers and 

 fullest authority to the chairman of the commitee. 



In a word, the most modern scientific business manage- 

 ment is essential to success. A careful study of the best 

 methods in use today should be made as the basis of a 

 treatise upon the broad subject of game conservation, as 

 a handbook for those interested in conservation. Such 

 a treatise should include game breeding and feeding, 

 forest protection and planting of suitable natural foods, 

 the planning, selection and care of refuges, the regulation 

 of public shooting near the refuges, the selection and care 

 of overflow land or shooting areas near or contiguous to 

 refuges. 



The best methods of arousing public interest in con- 

 servation and clean sport and the education of school 

 children to a better understanding of the virtujes of field 

 and stream are fundamentals to success. Many of these 

 questions are regional and must be treated by zones with 

 careful regard to the available amount of cheap, suitable 

 land and watered areas for refuges. 



There has been far too much generalizing in the past — 

 loose and very general theories have been advanced, with 

 little regard for the underlying biological facts and re- 



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