?HE OREGON SPORTSMAN 



Protection Fund comes from the pockets of the man who hunts 

 and angles. It should be carefully spent to advance the cause 

 for which it is collected. 



It must be borne in mind that a good portion of the total ex- 

 penditures from the Game Protection Fund for the year 1913 was 

 incurred by the purchase of the fish distribution car ; the property 

 upon which the Bonneville Hatchery is located, and other perma- 

 nent improvements and equipment at the hatcheries and the State 

 Game Farm. 



What Has Been Accomplished. 



There have been more real results in game protection and 

 preservation during the year 1913 than in any other year in the 

 history of the state. There have been active game protective 

 associations organized which are composed of farmers, business 

 men and others who are actively engaged in planting fish in 

 the streams, putting game birds in the fields and killing cougar, 

 wolves, bobcats and other predatory animals, which are the 

 greatest enemies of game. 



There has been an active campaign carried on among the 

 children of our public schools, showing them the economic value 

 of our wild birds and animals, especially about the farm. 



Game protection and game preservation is an educational 

 and economic question. The Fish and Game Commission cannot 

 hire enough game wardens to prevent game law violations. There 

 must be a more general interest in game protection. 



There have been over 8,000,000 fingerling game fish planted 

 in the various streams and lakes in the state. The most impor- 

 tant part of this work has been the stocking of a large number 

 of fine mountain lakes in the high Cascades which heretofore 

 have contained no fish. As a result, in a few years these lakes 

 will teem with trout. Our great mountain range will be a recre- 

 ation ground for our people, more important than any other sim- 

 ilar territory in the United States. 



Over three thousand game birds were liberated in the vari- 

 ous parts of the state during the past year for stocking purposes. 



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