The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-13
SPORTSMEN GIVE VIEWS ON SAVING ALABAMA'S GAME
Legislative Committee Holds Session At Camp Oliver
 On Warrior River

Suggestions that effective laws for the protection of the wild life of the state be passed by the state legis- lature, and that enforcement off cers working under the state game and fish warden be appointed to carry out the provisions of the law, were presented by Birmingham sportsmen before hearings of a joint recess committee from the Alabama
 legislature which met at Camp Oliver Tuesday as guests of the Birmingham Hunting and Fishing club.
 Members of the joint committee Senator Robert Jones and Repre-
 sentative E. J. Groves, J. H. l.. Hen
 ley and Champ Pickens. Repre- sentative Pickens was unable to at tend the Birmingham meeting on &C., count of the death of his father. |. T. Quinn. conservation commits
 sioner. also was present in the ca pacity of secretary
 The last meeting of the commits
 sion was held in Mobile Monday at the chamber of commerce, when sportsmen of that city expressed their desire to cooperate with the conservation department of the state,
 and many valuable suggestions were
 made. Members of the commission will return to Montgomery Wednes-
 day, where they will continue their deliberations and frame recommend-
 ations which will be presented to
 the legislature when 1t convenes.
 Appear Before Committee.
 At the Camp Oliver hearing Tues day number of the members of the Birmingham Hunting and Fishing club appeared before the committee
 to make their suggestions as to ways for making more effective the pro- lection accorded the wild life of the state. Senator Craft, in comment
 ing on the hearing Tuesday night, told The Age-Herald that a general spirit of cooperation was being shown by citizens of Birmingham in- terested in the issue. who had prom
 ised their support to any modern
 laws which might be passed to that end.
 Senator Craft also reported a feel ing among Birmingham sportsmen that the birds and wild life should
 have the same protection as fish
 and marine. life. and that when the seasons were closed both game, fish
 ducks, should have proper protec-
 tion. The commission was assured
 of the hearty cooperation on the
 part of the members of the Birming-
 ham club in the enforcement of progressive game laws, aud indeed
 this spirit has been shown every where the committee has gone, Sen ator Craft said.
 Pleased With Camp.
 During the day the committee
 also visited. Lake Bankhead. The accorded members of the committee a royal entertainment, In comment ing on the lodge at Camp Oliver. Senator Craft said it was one of the most beautiful he had ever seen. '"rhe camp is one of the biggest assets that Birmingham has," the senator said. and the people are especially fortunate in having a place where they can go and enjoy such wonderful hunting and fish ing. I believe that if there was a
 little better road between Birming-
 ham and the camp, that the people of the city could go out there for their hunting and fishing trips and enjoy just as good time as if they had gone to the backwoods of Can time had no more enjoyable trip" Senator Craft also pointed to his
 belief that the waters of Camp Oliver would grow fresh water shrimp, and that he was of the un- derstanding the members of the To- cal club would take the matter up by writing the conservation de- partment of Louisiana in regard to the growing of fresh water shrimp in the tributaries to the Mis-
 sissippi river about New Orleans,
 and If the information was satis- factory the local club would under take to stock their fishing grounds at Camp Oliver.
 In speaking of the oyster growing industry in the state, Senator Craft said that investigation had been
 made into the operation of the Mis- sissippi laws which had made Mis- sissippi so successful, and that the committee had made a special trip to Biloxi, Miss, where they were
 received by the mayor of the city,
 and by the shell fish commission of Mississippi.