The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-12-07
CONSERVATION
 OF WILD LIFE
 COMMENTED ON
Redington Praises Work Done in Territory by AL
 aska Camel Commission

Conservation of game and other wild life in Alaska is on satis- factory basis under the Alaska Bame Commission. declared Paul c. Redington, Chief of the U. S. Biological Survey, in his annual report to the Secretary of Agri- culture. The Commission is prominently mentioned in the re- port
 He pointed out that the resourc- es of the Commission are limited and stressed it's need for more ade- quate funds with which to carry on it's work.
 Laws Are Listed
 Seven Federal conservation laws are listed that are administered by the Biological Survey, includ- ing the migratory-bird treaty and Lacey Acts. and, by cooperation with the Alaska Game Commits sion, the Alaska game law. Re speet on the part of sportsmen and the public in general for Federal and State laws for the conserva- ton of wild life" says MT. Red ington. is increasing from year to year, and United States district courts and district attorneys have continued their interest in the en-
 ..I forcement of the regulations. There are still too many hunters who will violate the law whenever op- portunity is afforded.
 Demands for better enforce ment of the Federal migratory bird regulations are insistent and general. Citizens everywhere ex- press their approval of the law but assert that enforcement is notably inadequate. The reason for this criticism becomes evident when 1t is realized that the appropriation available for enforcing the migra- tory bird treaty act regulations al- lows for the full-time employment of only 24 salaried game protec- tors through the entire country. Each 7Ama protector must on the average cover two States, and in his work can have little assistance from the United States deputy game wardens, since funds are not sufficient to permit many of these latter officials generally voluntary cooperators-4to be as- signed to this duty. The estab- lishment of an adequate force of game protectors would have inn mediate beneficial results in a quickening of public interest in wild life protection and in the strengthening of public support of the migratory treaty act"
 Effectiveness Shown
 The regulations promulgated by Secretary Jardine for the protec- tion of game and fur animals in Alaska, under the new law of 1925, are declared by MT. Reding- ton already to have shown their effectiveness in the conservation of the wild-life resources of the Territory.
 Alaska possesses many inter- esting anl highly valuable forms of wild life" he continues, that need more protection than is now affarded them through the limited resources available to the Alaska Game Commission. With fairly large numbers of such noted big game animals as the mountain sheep, the moose, the caribou. the mountain goat. the deer. and the grizzly and Alaska brown bears; and with foxes, beavers, minks, muskrats, and lynxes present in considerable numbers. there exists a real opportunity to put into ef- feet wild life admipistration pro- gram that not only will insure continuance of game and fur an- mals in present numbers, but also should operate to increase the stocks of many of these and of other species, which, without bet ter protection, must rapidly go down hill. Forward-looking Alas- kans are behind the work of the Alaska Game Commission. De- mands are being made for more strict law enforcement than can be given by the commission through it's forces of seven fuli- time wardens. Each of these ward ems is expected to handle an area