any oiie is to "be successful, No vrildlife conservation project.^ ,e.ven of small 

 scale, can Tse ultimately" successful unless it irrcludes the technique of soil, 

 cover, and' v;ater conservation,' Moreover, agriculture, forestry-, and the con- 

 servation of water resources are materially enhanced "by the use of methods 

 heneficial' to wildlife, ■ - ■ 



PLAl-milJG' rOR Vv^ILDLIITE. EESTOPJITION .' ■ 



In planning the national wildlife-restoration program there are three 

 requisites to he recognized. The first .of these is for land to "be set aside 

 upon what may he called the hereditary wildlife ranges for. the preservation 

 of all native species. From these reserves the seed stock may "be. drawn when- 

 ever it is necessary or desirahle to restock denuded areas. Extensive sur- 

 veys of game and other kinds of wildlife provide the information to indicate 

 the regions v/here these reserves should he established with the greatest pros- 

 pect of success, provision must he made to insure against the. total loss of 

 any species through disease or through some other natural disaster that may 

 concoivahly eliminate all the seed stock on a single preserve. '.Pbr example, 

 hison must he maintained on several widely separated ranges, and similar pre- 

 cautions will have to he taken hy the Nation vdth respect to other species. 

 It is anticipated that seed stock from these Federal reserves may he needed 

 to carry out State and Federal restoration programs in the future on areas 

 made available under improved land-utilization programs, 



, . The second requisite of the program is to provide for the contin\iation 

 of research work to accumulate factual information applicable to current 

 problems, and also to enable v.dldlife administrators to anticipate futiire 

 needs, l.dldlife as a reso-jircG is subjectBd to constantly varying conditions 

 occasioned by many physical influences. These may be of natural origin. or 

 may result from engineering, industrial, or agricultural operations. Pro- 

 grams must be so planned as to furnish facts, to enable v.rildlife agencies to 

 obtain the most favorable results from current developments. The Fish and 

 Wildlife Service has set up stations for regional wildlife research in se- 

 lected land-grant colleges throughout the United States. Ten of these al- 

 ready have boon established, and four more are needed if the project is to 

 be fully adequate. 



By fulfilling the second requisite the third v/ill also be met — that of 

 providing for a carefully trained personnel to administer the wildlife re- 

 sources' of America "in the future. There is now a serious lack of men who 

 are qualified for this work. The land-grant college cooperative units will 

 serve as research stations, and they will also offer to graduate students 

 courses in wildlife management similar in purpose to those offered in forestry. 



The main objective of the Federal-State wildlife-restoration program now 

 being developed is to prevent, if possible, the extermination of any "valu- 

 able species of wild birds and other animals, and to increase their numbers 

 to the greatest extent consistent vdth the land-use requirements of the human 

 population, Wildlife has a very great economic value, and it also furnishes 

 a means for recreation and relaxation that may well become of even greater 

 importance than are its financial values to hum.an beings subjected to the 

 increasing strains and stresses of modern ways of living and working. 



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