Several schemes have been proposed. Smaller refuges from which 

 the surplus aninals naturally drift into ereas npen to hunting work well 

 und6r somr^ conditions. In others the periodic opening of refuges to 

 hunting has "been proposed', under various sorts of regulations. Removal 

 of a definite nujnhe.r of animals "by the issuing of a limited number of 

 licenses has sometimes ^5orked well, and may he a solution to the problem 

 in dealing with seme species. Still another alternative might "be a 

 movable refuge, or series of refuges, fitted into the growth cycle so 

 that game population could be built up as food supplies increased and 

 harvested as the forest commenced to deteriorate as game range. . 



The impulse of both biologists and foresters when game management, 

 in forest lands is discussed is to place emphasis on what is not known 

 and to outline immediately a progr.^^jB of, intensive research on the prob- 

 lems of the particular territory under discussion. As a research worker 

 I would be the last to object to such a program. There are and always 

 will be a great many problems requiring resea.rch'- probably many. more 

 than the available money and man power can solve. Every effort should 

 be made to find more and more facts. In response to this commendable 

 urge many elaborate and imposing programs of research have been drawn up 

 in recent years, bat few of them have been put into effect. Those indi- 

 viduals who are vzorking are finding the road to definite knowledge both 

 ro'dgh and long, and this is to be expected in dealing with the complex 

 interrelationships that exist between the living plants and animals that 

 comprise the forest community. 



In the meantimp, must the ultimate acquirement of all this knowledge 

 be attained before a management program is started? Is it not possible 

 to apply existing knowledge and modify practices and programs as more 

 knovrledge becomes available? 



It is my belief that the distribution of the younger age classes 

 throughout t"ne forest areas is one of the fundamentals of any correlation 

 of forestry -md wildlife management. TThy not put it into effect, so far 

 as it can be fitted into the forestry program, and let it be creating 

 more favorable wildlife environment while other problems are being worked 

 out? 



In this connection it might well be pointed out that no management 

 plan, no matter how exhaustive the research on which it is based, can 

 remain inflexible. Conditions are constantly changing, and these changes 

 shoiold be and can be utilised to the advantage of wildlife, even with 

 existing knowledge. 



In summarizing; it has been pointed out that on national forests, 

 which comprise the largest area of good and potentially good wildlife 

 habitat under one administrative control, policies are already in effect 

 which can with slight modification be correlated with a sound wildlife 

 management program. 



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