UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
STEWART L. UDALL, SECRETARY 
Frank P. Briggs, Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife 
Fish and Wildlife Service 
Clarence F. Pautzke, Commissioner 
Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife 
Daniel H. Janzen, Director 

The United States Department of the Interior, created in 
1849, is concerned with management, conservation, and de- 
velopment of the Nation's water, wildlife, fish, mineral, 
forest, and park and recreational resources. It has major 
responsibilities also for Indian and Territorial affairs. 
As America's principal conservation agency, the Department 
works to assure that nonrenewable resources are developed 
and used wisely, that park and recrea.ional resources are 
conserved for the future, and that renewable resources make 
their full contribution to the progress, prosperity, and 
security of the United States, now and in the future. 
On the cover 
Female common Indian sandgrouse. 
