Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-12-16
Ncrmont'S Fish and Game.
the Stntc---Thc Importance of their
Proper Protection.

Joseph Aud in "a letter 10 the Burlington Free
Press
The loss of income to the citizens of
Vermont by the failure OF the state to pro-
tect her fish and game in the early and cur
rent history Of the state cannot be com
puted. But it is very much larger than
any citizen imagineS who has not looked
at the matter in all its bearings. 1t is
continuing and progressive loss. Every
year that Normo { negects to maintain or
improve the hunting on her hIllSides and
the fishing in Der lakes and streams thou
sands OF dollars are carried away by her
own citizens, and expended in Canada and
New York, where they can get the sport
they seek, fully protected for their use.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars from
other states yearly pass over her railroads
and steamboat lines to be expended in
Maine, New Hampshire, New York and
Canada, part OF which at least might be di-
verted to Vermont if her fish and game re-
sources were properly huSbanded and pro-
tected from constant and increasing slaugh-
ter and decay
Vermont owns more than three-quarters
Of the most beautiful lake on the continent
Historians tell us that Lake Champlain
was once the home of the monarch OF game
fishes the salmon. Every river, tributary
to the lake. was alive with them. They
were so plenty that they might be thrown
out OF the water with pitchfork 4 Spir-
tied horse could not safely be driven across
the streams, they We're swimming about so
thickly. They were plenty as late AS 1925,
and there is record of one drawing of the
seine as late as 1923 in which 1900 pounds
were secured. Think of the vast wealth,
J. 81, hot TO Il
state if the salmon had not been eXtermn-
ated Vermont would be the anglers par
adise. But Vermont still possesses valuable
fishes and they should be fully protected
before it is too late. The streams should
be kept clear for the propagation of the
trout and the use of the seine and dyna-
mite should be stopped. The Fish and
Game league and every good citizen should
demand that the legislature take proper
measures to preserve the fish and game OF
the state from total destruction.
Vermont will never again be able tc
compete with the great West in general ag-
riculture. Her farmers must devise some
other way to maintain themselves. They
are now, wisely | think, interesting them
selves in the specially of breeding of fine
horses. | could name other specialize:
that they might take up with profit But
for the trouble and outlay required, tn,
quick and large profits realized, and tn,
easy maintenance of the business, nothing
equals the keeping of summer boarders
As our great cities increasingly gather in
to their all-embrasing arms the larger par
of the population, the army that finds i
necessary to take a few weeks or months
in the country with bicycle or boat, rod o
gun, is rapidly growing. At one time i
was fad of the well-tO-d alone, but nov
it has become a necessity to all classes
part of city life. But the summer boarde
will go where he will get the best advan
tages for Out-of door life. If there is
sportsman in the family, be sure he will
carry the day and go where he can hav
his favOrite sport. Vermont is situate
near the large cities and has everything il
her favor-eXcept good sport. She ha
hundreds of miles of beautiful lake shore
every rod of which is attractive for out o
door life. She has thousands of farm
houses, every one of which would be at
tractive to city people and could max
money by taking boarders. She has mag
nifcent mountain lake and river scenery
and attractive drives but she is gradual
losing her chef attraction to a large elias
of people who spend money literally, he
llSn ana game.
fear there is prejudice against tn
man who loves the rod and the gun. Blu
so long as birds fly and fishes swim ther
will be sportsmen; and if they cannot &c
what they want in Vermont, they will G
elsewhere. If they can get what the
want in Vermont they will annually brn
thousands of dollars into the state. TIL
sportsman hunts and fishes because h
likes to be out in the woods and on tn
waters in company with kindred souls, nc
for the money value of what his skill wit
rod and gun brings him. He will hun
and fish if every partridge and every trou
or bass cost him DOLLAR a pound. Til
lakes and streams of Vermont have with
them the promise and potency of a larg
future income to the citizens of the state
their resources are wisely husbanded.
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