Connecticut western news., 1921-11-24
MAN HEADS
 GAME COMMISSION
New Commission Now Consists of Only Three
 Members


 new fish and game commission of three appointed by Governor Lake The other members are William K. Nolan of Bridgeport, chairman of the old commission, and Karl c. Kulle of Suffield. The appointments were made following the receipt by the governor of the opinion from Attor- ney General Healy, telling the gov ernor he could legally make the appointment, although the legislative act authorizing the new commission provided for its appointment on June 1, 1921, the bill not having gone into effect until July 1.
 In announcing the appointments the following statement was issued from the executive chambers
 After the passage of the act au- thorizing the appointment of the fish and game commission and chang ing the method of appointment by the last General Assembly, Governor Lake made his selection for the mem bers of this commission, but MT. Wolcott, who has been named IS first member of the board, felt that he should first make a complete and thorough survey of the fish and game conditions throughout the state be- fore considering the acceptance of the appointment. MT. Wolcott made very thorough and comprehensive review and survey of conditions re- lating to fish and game throughout Connecticut and recently filed an ex- haustive report with Governor Lake on the subject. This report will probably be available shortly and the commission will start with the advantage of all the information and facts contained in the report which has been filed with the Governor"
 The members of the old commits sion besides Mr Nolan, who is re- tained on the new commission, were the following: c. H. Pease, Canaan, secretary; Phillip c. Arnold, Had dam; T. Harry Mclaughlin, Jewett City; Frederick N. Manross, Bris- tol. Their terms expired July l. The others whose terms were to have expired July 1, 1923, were J. w. At wood, Wauregan; Leonard c. San ford, New Haven; William McMullen, Somersville.
 Under the old act each county had a representative on the commissions. 1t is expected that MT. Wolcott will be chairman of the new commission.
 Lack of Cooperation 1. Lack of co-opration between the former fish and game commission and the state park commission, which controls the game preserves, has handicapped game preparations. 2. Farmers are responsible for the practical extinction of deer in this state because of their insistence for continuous open season on deer the past five years.
 8. Connecticut's too liberal laws prohibit the restoration of the states fish supply.
 4. There is no good fresh water l fishing left in the state and experi- ments have proved that the introduce tion of foreign fish into the waters of the state has been failure.
 Commissioner Wolcott informs the governor that as a result of the sur- vey the commission must sound m alarm and at the same time be con- structive in it's criticism and sugIes- tions. MT. Wolcott points out that Connecticut receives and spends less money in proportion to the popula- tion than it's neighboring states and as a result raises fewer game birds and at a greater cost per bird.
 The commissioner says there are 918 fresh water ponds in the state covering 3,497 acres, besides, 7,619 miles of steams and rivers. The re- port points out that all former game commissions have been good and that the state park commission, although administering the game preserves well, has not completely co-operated with the game commission. Game sanctuaries and scientific business management of the preserves are urged in the report to the governor.
 Among the recommendation pointing to a revival of game in this state the report speaks of the uec1s- sity of educating the school children in game lore, more research work, IlOIS 1IeluSuL COlSulIdIlOH Ol tIS federal biological survey and coop eration of the state board of educa- tion. The report further points out that with 4,751 acres in the state parks and 4,430 acres of forest pre- serves owned or leased, the average expense of the fish and game com missions for the past five years has been $33, 3,394.03.
 Quoting from a special report gotten up for Commissioner Wolcott by Huge M. Smith, commissioner of fisheries of the United States De- partment of Commerce, the report makes the following statements relative to the fresh water fish situo- tion of the state:
 1. That it is a waste of time, money and effort to plant Pacific