The Coconino sun., 1927-03-11
new STATE GAME CODE
MAKES ESTABLISHMENT
OF REFUGEES POSSIBLE

UF kEEUGE PUSSlBLE
Some of the points of interest tt
our game protective associations Of
Arizona as taken from the new game
code introduced in this legislature anc
expected to be passed before this ses.
sion ends are of particular interest tc
Flagstaff.
Sufficient elasticity and authority
is given to the state game warden SC
that any game country needing pro-
lection can be Immediately withdrawn
as a game refuge and posted as such
To the community centered around
Flagstaff this is of particular interest
says Tom E. Mccullough, president
of the State Game Portective associa-
tion, inasmuch as it will not be many
years before wild life-bear, turkey
deer, antelope and pheasants-wil be
plentiful and to be seen by tourists
going through Schulz pass and along
other Peaks roads. In summer tray
elers coming across the Lees Ferry
bridge from the Lincoln highway to
see the buffalo will swing through
Schulz pass and see a plentiful wild
life. Flagstaff needs only to remem-
Der what the bears are to Yellowstone
park to visualize what such a program
along conservation lines will mean as
tourist attraction to Flagstaff.
Flagstaff Game Protective associ-
alton, Mr.. Mccullough says, will rec
ommend for withdrawal, Immediately
upon passage of this bill, a splendid
breeding area south of Flagstaff,
bounded by the Munds park road on
the east, Oak creek on the west,
James canyon on the north and Munds
canyon on the south. This is believed
to be as ideal a game refuge as can
be found IN the state, inasmuch as it
is not too large and at present has
within its boundaries a good founda-
tion stock of both deer and turkey.
Pheasants will also be introduced into
this game refuge.
The new game code aims to pre-.
vent waste. as has been evidenced at
Mormon Lake in past summers when
people fishing for yellow perch catch
enormous numbers and upon stopping
for the day simply dump gunny sacks
of these valuable food fish on the
banks to rot.
The new game code will also pre-
vent promiscuous shooting of our pine
tree grey squirrels except during the
deer season when a limit of five a
day will be permitted.
Protection will also be given the
harmless bears, except in the case of
proven killers which will be left to
the care of the U. S. biological sur
vey. An open season conforming to
the deer season with limit of one
bear viii be effective in the new game
code.
The new code as drawn calls for
three commissioners without salary
appointed by the governor. They will
function as an advisory board with
the game warden.
The Arizona Game Protective as
sociation had hoped to give the ap-
pointment of the game warden to the
commission, thus keeping this depart
ment out of politics, Mr.. Mccullough
says. Proper selection of these three
commissioners will be big step for
ward toward proper administration
and enforcement Of the game laws,
he says.
Due to the initiated vote of the
people in 1916 no change was possible
in the present open seasons on deer
and turkey. Steps are being taken,
however, so that the 1916 initiated
act will be referred to the people at
the next election, and if they abolish
this act of 1916, the new game code,
which should be passed this week, will
at that time be changeable by legis-
lation.
In the next legislature two years
from now an effort will be made to
change the deer and turkey season to
November 1. Limits on trout and
quail likewise will be changeable two
years hence providing the referendum
carries in 1928.
The Arizona Game Protective asso-
ciation, of which the Flagstaff local
is the first in the state, deserves much
of the credit for the undermining of
our antiuuated game laws. Over four
wears of effort have been made to
bring this about and it begins to look
now as il real results had been at
tanned. To Flagstaff better hunting
and fishing conditions are decided
asset, Mr.. Mccullough points out.
Every merchant in Flagstaff and
every man who hunts or fishes should
support the Flagstaff Game Protec-
tive association by contributing a dol
lar year for membership, he be-
lieves. Flagstaff should have a live
organization of not less than 800 MEM
bers who are active and interested in
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