Nov. 18, 1911.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
751 
THE CONSERVATION OF OUR NATURAL 
RESOURCES. 
Continued from page 742. 
to the slaughter of insectivorous birds which in 
the past have been wantonly murdered by the 
millions. Birds annually destroy thousands of 
tons of noxious weed seeds and billions of harm¬ 
ful insects. They were designed to hold in check 
certain forces that are antagonistic to the vege¬ 
table kingdom. The wholesale slaughter of our 
song and insectivorous birds, which was so per¬ 
sistently waged in the past, has been practically 
stopped. Even in the cities where birds were 
curiosities they are now seen in large numbers, 
to the delectation of the inhabitants who delight 
to hear once more the clear, sweet notes of the 
trilling songsters of the forests. 
This department has made every effort to have 
fish traps removed from the streams of Alabama 
and several hundred have been destroyed as a 
result of this campaign. Seining, netting and 
trapping has never been popuiar except to those 
who used these devices only to operate them to 
the detriment of the great masses of the people, 
and they were employed to satiate the greed of 
the few. The murderous dynamiter, prior to the 
establishment of the present vigorous service for 
enforcing the fish laws, was in his glory. This 
Department, however, has most vigorously hunted 
down those who have dynamited the streams and 
other bodies of water, hence several convictions 
have been had for this offense. 
The people of Alabama are indebted to the 
United States Government for a large supply 
of fish which have been received through the 
Bureau of Fisheries, which have been planted 
in our waters. The heavy onslaughts on our 
fish supply in the past demanded that nature 
should be assisted in her restoring process by 
the means of artificial propagation of fish. This 
Department has suggested to all those who de¬ 
sire to engage in fish culture that they apply for 
black bass for running streams, and for bream for 
ponds and lakes, being convinced that these two 
species of fish are best adapted to the waters 
indicated. Under a statute enacted by the Legis¬ 
lature of 1911, it is unlawful for any non-resi¬ 
dent of this State to take fish in Alabama waters 
for commercial purposes. This pernicious prac¬ 
tice was formerly indulged in by Florida fisher¬ 
men, who persisted in seining the creeks that 
empty into Perdido Bay, very much to the dis¬ 
tress of the citizens, and marketing the fish so 
taken in Florida. 
It was formerly the custom in this State for 
persons to float down streams with powerful 
lights in the bows of their boats and thus sneak 
upon flocks of duck and geese, startling, surpris¬ 
ing and confusing them into such a dazed con¬ 
dition that oftentimes hundreds would be slaugh¬ 
tered in a single night. This baneful practice is 
now prohibited. It is also unlawful to kill a doe. 
It is gratifying to know that the non-sale pro¬ 
vision of our law is being well observed, except 
in isolated cases, which alone saves to the peo¬ 
ple of the State annually not less than a million 
head of game birds. 
The incidental benefits which accrue to the 
people of Alabama under our bird, game and 
fish protective statutes following the strict en¬ 
forcement of the law are of inestimable value. 
_ The reckless and wanton that loaf around 
cities and towns can no longer invade the fields 
and woodlands of the farmer, knock out his 
cotton, set fire to the woods and shoot up his 
stock. 
The negro farm hand that formerly hunted at 
least three days each week when his labor was 
needed in gathering crops will be restrained from 
pursuing his course of relentless annihilation of 
game by reason of the fact that a license is re¬ 
quired, also that written permission is a pre¬ 
requisite to hunt on the lands of others. This 
permit but few negroes can obtain. Thus the 
vast hordes of negro hunters that formerly 
roamed creation from September to April, kill¬ 
ing off not less than nine million quail each year, 
will, under the game laws, be required to fol¬ 
low their customary occupations. 
ready begun, and since our law extends adequate 
protection to the owners of such nesting and. 
breeding places for game, thousands of acres, 
remote from the centers of population and prac¬ 
tically valuless for agricultural purposes, have been 
converted into veritable sportsmen’s elysiums. 
The progress made in Alabama in protecting 
our natural resources has given wide advertise¬ 
ment to the State, has placed thousands of dol¬ 
lars in the State treasury, has assured every 
sportsman splendid recreation in the pursuit of 
that species of game to his liking, and has guar¬ 
anteed to future generations as liberal a supply 
of game, birds and fish as could be reasonably 
expected to be found in so thickly a populated 
and so prosperous a State as Alabama. 
The organization of hunting preserves has al¬ 
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