The Holly chieftain., 1924-01-03
Preservation. of s
Scenery forests, Big
Game Waterfowl and Fish
Is National Concern :.
BY JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN

and powerful. But up to few years
EeSEM> ago natural resources like scenery,
TX $&M big game birds and game fish, ap-
HA<o A parently had mighty few articuate
XLKsN friends and they were considered
sfEz&hp merely nature-lovlng crnnks And
up to few years ago the phrase,
conservation of natural resources rightly
anathema to the practical because 1t meant the
tying up of natural resources simply for the sake
Of preventing their use.
Now conservation has come to have its proper
mennns-use without abuse; not nOn-use, but
with minimum waste and preservation for the
future generations. The nation has come to un-
derstand TINT the conservation of our natural re-
sources is one of the vital issues of the day and
that the future growth, prosperity and success Uf
the United States depend largely its natural
resources. Conservation has come to be slogan
of the American people.
And scenery Qncluding forests), big game. birds
ana game fish, are now rightly placed among
important natural resources The "nature-loving
cranks have become an organized army of more
than four millions in every nook and Granny of the
country. When these nationwide affiliated organ
tzaticns act either in defense or offense congress
sits up and takes notice.
AS to the pictures: No. l gives glimpse Of a
hunter in legitimate and sportsmanike way He
has ptted his wits against those of this wary wild
animal, staked it in the woods and killed it clean.
~ with arne shot. Strong Is the contrast between
this sportsman and the game killer who chases
down deer with an automobile motorcycle until
he can get within shot
No. shows Gov John NJ Parker of Louisiana
shooting ducks on marsh In his state He Is an
ardent supporter of the protection and conserva-
hon of wild animal lfe being both sportsman and
executive of n state which is winter home O.
our waterfowl.
bit of Bryce Canyon in Utah is shown in No
g. 1t Is typical of a kind Of scenery which is be-
Ing preserved for the pleasure OF future genera.
tons IN our national parks and monuments and in
state parks.
No. portrays n splendid specimen of the buf
falo which Is no longer in danger of extinction
thanks to the progress of the national park move
ment. There are two increasing herds in Yellow
stone. Ia Buffalo Park, Canada there is herd
of 6o00. from which 1000 are to be killed each
year.
committee of reforesation. which Travelled all
over the county last summer in an investigation
of cur forestry problem The members from left
Ito right are: Duncan U. Fletcher of Florida.
Charles l.. McNary of Oregon, George H. Moses
of New Hampshire, Pat Harrison of Mississippi
tchairman) and James Couzens of Michigan. 1t
may be noted that Michigan and New Hampshire
have cut all the pine which once covered these
states and that Mississippi and Oregon are now
the centers of timber supply
No. shows n step in the process of restocking
our waters with game fish. This female Ash tnk-
en- IN hand net from fish pond, will be strlpped
of her eggs, which will be arhclally hatched
The young fish will be put into rivers and lakes
for the pleasure of the many anglers The fed
eral government and the states cooperate In this
work.
No. shows a shooter knocking down n splendid
game bird that is rapidly nearing extnctlon-be
prairie chicken Originally 1t lived in the grass
all through the Mississippi valley. When the
farmer turned grassland into wheat fields 1t lived
in the stubblc Driver from the stubble by men
and dogs, II took to the standing corn. Now 1t has
gone from most of the places wnere once 1t was
fsund by thousands.
The map shows the Louisiana Wild Life Refugees