The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-26
QUINN ANNOUNCES ESPORTSMEN
 MEET AT CAPITAL
Enactment of New Conserva- ton Laws and Revision of Fish and Game Laws
 Is Purpose

Montgomery. June 25.- Special )-- IT. Quinn. state commissioner Of conservation. yesterday called state wide meeting of sportsmen and per sons interested in the protection or game and fish to be held in Mont gGmery, September ia and IA, for the purpose of discussing the present laws and determining what changes, if any, should be suggested to the legislature at it's regular session Tn January.
 The call for the state meeting fol- low ed conferences held by Commis- sioner Quinn with officers of game and fish associations and other per sons in Birmingham, Montgomery, Mobile, Selma and other cities Among the particular subjects to be dls- eussed are: Enactment of laws pre- venting the firing of forests, changes n the open seasons on game birds, regulation of fishing during certain months. Destruction of woodlands has caused many protests to be re- oeived by the department of con servation from persons who know what the burning of woods means In the loss of wild life and CommiE- sioner Quirn believes 1t is important that the state do something through legislation to prevent the ever-grow- ing evil.
 Tt is expected that every county In the state will be represented at this mass meeting to be held in Mont gomery in September. and 1t iH 5e- lieved that many far reaching TO- suits will be obtained from this, the first meeting of it's kind ever held In the south" said Commissioner Quinn.
 sportsmen Aroused
 "The sportsmen and others inter- ested in conservation work in Ala bama are aroused, as never before, to the absolute necessity of having the department of conservation ade- quately equipped and clothed with proper authority and laws with teeth In them to enable the department to more effectively police the state.
 "One class of citizens is interested In the department of consorvation's being clothed with authority under the law to inaugurate system of fire prevention in the wooded areas of the state Forest fires in Ala bama annually destroyed cover, pro- tection and nesting places for birds and animals on several million acres of land; while the lumbermen and others who own forest lands and wood lots are interested in fire pro- NenUon, because they realize, as uosS every consumer of wood and wood products. that on account of the an- nual burning, it Is impossible to start new growth of timber which will be needed when the present supply is exhausted.
 Seasons Too Long
 Alabama is one of the very Jew states which permits fishing during the spawning season of trout, bass and Dream, while it has the longest open season on quail and turkey of any state in the union. Seventeen states are closed 12 months in the year on quail and 32 states do not permit the killing of wild turkey sobblers at any period of the year. This closed season will continue tor five or six years.
 While 1t is not expected to. close the season on any of the game In this state, although 1t has been sug- gested by some, yet personally I do not think 1t Is necessary. I simply call your attention to the necessary steps which have had to be taken