August, 1919 
FOREST AND STREAM 
447 
does the shore bird gunner enjoy the 
sport of a morning or two with the birds, 
but he knows that no finer birds find 
their way to his table than these same 
beach snipe; in fact we do not believe 
finer birds for the table are to be found 
than the Golden and Upland Plover. 
On the southern shores of Long Island 
are many famous sniping grounds, the 
writer some 30 years ago in early Sep- 
tember, after a three-days’ storm, sat 
in a blind on what was then known as 
Fiddleton Flats, broad mud flats, on the 
Fire Island meadows, and enjoyed a 
day’s shooting during a great flight of 
bay birds. Flock after flock came along, 
till night overtook us and we wearily 
pulled our boat across the bay with a 
backload of birds. The next day the 
birds had gone. A flight of birds is 
liable to occur anywhere up and down 
the coast during the migrating season, if 
wind and other conditions are favorable. 
Who can tell the habits of our wild 
fowl and aquatic birds so well as the 
men who, day in and day out, in cold 
and heat and in all kinds of weather, 
follow shooting as guides for sports- 
men? Unfortunately for the public these 
men cannot spare the time to jot down 
their experiences; indeed, but few of 
them can write and so much that, if rec- 
orded, would be of real value to the shoot- 
ing world is lost. 
Let me advise those who have never 
tried the sport, to get in touch with 
some one of these professional shore bird 
guides. The day will end with much 
of profit to the sportsman. The early 
morning on the marsh or beach, the 
building of the blind, the putting out 
of the stool, and the uncanny skill of the 
guide, who, with perfect eyesight, recog- 
nizes each variety at prodigious dis- 
tances andwith perfectvariation, whistles 
them in over the stools, each with his 
own peculiar note. Such a day is a rev- 
elation, and when the bag limit is se- 
cured and you go wearily homeward, 
you can count it a day of the calendar 
to be scored in Red. 
CLEARING UP 
STREAM POLLUTION 
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ments by telegram and letter. He first 
wished to know how we expected to ac- 
complish anything with such a stupend- 
ous problem by a summer’s w’ork. and 
was vastly relieved when he learned that 
we had no idea of actually abating pollu- 
tion during that summer. He had hesi- 
tated to accept appointment because of 
the possibility that I might look for im- 
possible results. When I told him that 
I wanted him to become a member of 
our board of strategy, to study the sit- 
uation and to map out the course of 
future work, he took the problem up 
with enthusiasm and assisted us in for- 
mulating plans that I am sure will yield 
most important results within the next 
few years. 
“Professor Ward made a preliminary 
investigation of the extent of pollution 
in the principal rivers of the State, and 
of the effect of that pollution upon the 
aquatic life of the streams. As a result 
of this study he was able to show us that 
our law can be really effective, even in 
the more difficult cases, provided we have 
proper scientific assistance in working 
up the evidence. This in itself was a 
most important result to accomplish. 
“At the end of this investigation I 
called a conference which was attended 
by representatives of the State Depart- 
ment of Health, the United States Food 
Administration, biologists and fish cul- 
turists, and representatives of industries 
and public organizations from all parts of 
the State. The study that we had already 
made of steps that must be taken to 
abate pollution, with due regard for the 
State’s highly organized industrial fa- 
bric, formed the basis of discussion at 
the conference, and brought about the 
complete agreement of those present. 
“The program agreed upon by the con- 
ference required few changes in the pres- 
ent law. Appropriations were found to 
be necessary, however, for the employ- 
ment of an expert biologist and chemist, 
for educational work among industries 
affected, and for general administration 
of laws already on the books. The pro- 
gram further provided for the establish- 
ment in the Conservation Commission of 
an effective clearing house regarding all 
pollution matters, and for developing co- 
operation among the industries con- 
cerned, so that reclamation and disposal 
processes worked out by industrial chem- 
ists and engineers may become generally 
known. 
“It was agreed that the efforts of the 
Conservation Commission should be di- 
rected toward helping this reclamation 
movement as much as possible, and en- 
deavoring to have it put upon a per- 
manent industrial basis. In this way a 
double benefit to the public at large will 
result — the conservation of a valuable 
food product in the fish that are now de- 
stroyed, and the saving of millions of 
dollars in by-products that need not be 
wasted. 
“It was the belief of the industries 
represented at the conference that a spir- 
it of co-operation will be manifested by 
manufacturers, and that in the majority 
of cases it will not be necessary to ap- 
ply the rigorous procedure provided for 
the enforcement of the law. 
“Following the conference, a careful 
plotting of all of the potential sources 
of pollution in the State was undertaken. 
A card index was prepared, with a card 
giving the known details of each case, 
and each case was then indicated with 
a pin of appropriate color on a large 
map of the State. On the map the 
boundaries of each river system are 
drawn with a heavy line, and the colors 
of the pins show the types of pollution. 
There are about 1,600 cases in all. We 
thus have an actual visual represen- 
tation of the conditions on every water- 
shed. The cards give condensed informa- 
tion, and a set of report sheets turned in 
by game protectors give still further 
data. While the information supplied 
by game protectors is of course not thor- 
oughly accurate, because they are not 
scientific men, it is nevertheless suf- 
ficiently so for the purpose of a rough 
survey, and furnishes the basis for the 
work of a specialist. This means that 
we now know in detail what our prob- 
lems are and where they are located. 
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