Milford chronicle., 1933-02-17
Delaware Tagging Behind Other
States In Game Conservation
Continued From Page one)

is Statewide licenses for hunters
and fishermen, occupants OF farmr
and members of their families to b'
exempt. The license system wOult
provide for Identification tags sucl
as those used in Maryland.
The third portion of the program
calls for a reclamation and con
structive platform involving the re-
stocking of wild life and fish. This
would include the rehabilitation OF
the States many ponds and the pro-
viding of food and cover for game.
At meeting of the Delaware
Game and Fish Association in Dover
several weeks ago, Mr.. Gordon, tho
principal speaker, declared that wild
life work i'm Delaware at present is
unsound and is far behind the
neighboring states of Pennsylvania,
New Jersey. Maryland and Virginia,
He insisted that wild life restOra-
tiOn is a scientific business, and that
Delaware is 'one of the weakest
links in the nations conservation
chain"
DR.. Harris declared that the pro-
gram he offers is to rcctify what he
terms is Mr.. GordOn's justified crit
icism."
"This is a stinging rebuke." he
said, land the sad part OF 1t is that
other leading authorities agree with
Mr.. Gordon.
"To me it is incredible that a
State like Delaware which can
point with pride to her school sys-
tenn. good roads. big industrial cor
porations and many other advan-
tagcs should neglect so important
and scientific a work as game and
fish conservation"
Declaring that fow states in the
Union can boast of better enyir-
onment than Delaware for wild life,
DR.. Harris pointed out that in the
past too much reliance in the mat
ter of conservation has been placed
on laws and police power.
while these things have been OF
value" he said. they never have
really accomplished the desired
purposes. With the coming of the
automobile, good roads. intensive
farming and the increasing number
every year. of people who hunt and
fish, the situation has become such
that complete revision must be
madO in attacking the problem OF
wild life and game maintenance and
conservation. Certainly wild life
must be replaced as rapidly as 1t Is
destroyed by spOrtsmen. and this
can only be done by a constructive
program of replacement.
I'm Delaware Nature has been uu-
usually kind. There are few COM
in the Union that can
boast of better environment for
wild life. And every section of the
little State offers great Opportuni-
tics for the most modern and scien-
tific methods of conservation. Some
years ago, Herbert l.. StOddard. an
authority in America.
on game and fish. accompanied me
on a trip of inspection in the State
and expressed amazemcnt at the
natural surroundings we
have in Delaware"
Outlining his thrcefOld program
for improving conservation cOndi-
lions In the State DR.. Harris cmpha- :
sized that no intention is in the
mind of his association or any indi- !
vidual to attack the present person.
lel of the Game and Fish Commits
sion.
1--WE should. however, emulate
Iur more advanced noighbOring
states i'm the matter of cOnscrva-
.ion," he said. "and pass scientific
legislation to meet the problems.
Many of our present laws should be
'ovised or abolished. but these can
wait. The important thing. now is to
'eOrganize our game and fish COM
mission along modern lines, and !
lbove all, to take II out of politics.
This is what my threefOld program
Constructive conser-
-ation, to become successful, must
be carried out by
men who are especially trained to
10 the work. They must have free