The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-14
Grievances Against State Presented At
 Meeting Last Night
Other Birds - State Superintendent A. L. Clark Makes Promises at Forum Following Address
NAUGATUCK
Wm. J RaateF, REPRESENTATIVES. Naueatuck g72.a


 Nausatuck, March 14--Appafent
 victaHy was won lAAt night by the
 NaukAtliot Fish and Game asgo.
 the state Ash and game aseOcia-
 meeting in the fire house, came
 aftet a formal talk was dsllvered
 by Arthur l.. Clark, supefihtend-
 ent of the state Fish and Game
 commission.
 Grievances felt by the local club
 against the state body were ably
 and pleasantly presented by Leslie
 Raker, club president, and other
 members to the state official. Upon
 being informed that the Nauga.
 tuck club intended to buy lVO
 phsasants, Mr Clark told the nteri-
 bers the state would also purchase
 100 for thefn, and also stock local
 land with a quota of otIler birds.
 He attaGhed only one condition to
 tIiia offer. This was that the read.
 ing of signs posting local land
 now be changed slightly.
 The signs nov read to this effect:
 s'HntltinE, Fishing Trespassihg
 Forbiddea; Petmission required
 from pr0peFty owner or Maugatnek
 Fish and dalne assoeiAtieh;p MT
 CIayk asks it be eha1ged to read:
 "FIuhtinE and, Fishing Permitted;
 Petmissl0R AsqqiFsd fforn property
 owRer or Naggataek Fish and Gans asssqelatlgh' - s... d.. state woald be glad to c99psEate x,
 presSnt ahd tEeys was g lasge nun.
 ber, on aii upSflcial vote, showed
 a iaFke inajofity in favor of the
 chanRe. The land oomtnlttee of the local club was to staEt today to see land owners of land now posted
 by the club, to ascertain if they
 would aecede to the change m
 if they agree, and club mem
 bers hope they fill, 1t will mean nd radlaai alteration in the pro- ceduRe now. Mr Clark obj@eted to the pfessht sign on the gr0hnds that many casual hunters who dot't live In this section seeing the first few MotSB concerning hunting and fishing being permitted, would not bother to read the rest of the sign and wSuid not hunt on the land. only mean q slight alteration in the present system. If the owners are willing, the president of the cig6 will notify the sprerintendent and if notification comes in time, the state will pay half the cost of the purchase of birds for this section. 1t had first been thought a special meeting might be necessary but af- ter the vote showed how the mem bars felt on 1t, 1t was 6eeaded to dispsnse with this meeting as haste ' Thg period Between March 30 and April 10 is expected to be the pefloa the state will first dis- tfthyte btyds and Nau&atQck will rEcetVe some if their application
 ThsEa wiIl>be a later distribution also. Mr Clark asked his propos&d plan be tried for a. year and if t4e Glub er lapd owners .were. not satisfied they Geuld drop 1t and re, o 'ns S,sSee to s'ee1i eo1ntinae e sa tbs plan, they would receive such Fco- operation from the state for some years. ' Verbal Tilts
 Members of the clpb showed a refreshing undergraduates of spirit. often when state officials visit oth- CT organizations. members stand iH | awe 6t thehl and hush up grtev- ahces instead of openly discIssing them. The Naugatuck club group l Is not of that, sort.
 Frank criticism of the state was made by several members ana at | one time there was a hectic dis | cpsslon over white perch and csappie between MT Clark and Mir | Holmes of Piainviiie who address ed the meeting at previous date.
 President Bakey asked Mr Clark to explain why more Connecticut | ponds were not stocked with white perch. The supsrintendent, a wiry ei1ergetic and force{ul speaker, ad- cat other fish, thus ruining many | ponds. He cited Bantam lake as an example. There are some ponds m New York state. he continued, which are idaal for white perch, but In Connecticut 1t would ruin many ponds to introduce this fish. There are white perch in some ponds here. why not be satisfied with that, he asked. When asked why crappie was II used by the state he said the crappe II Is not carnivefous, that Is their mouths are not shaped to eat fish, II they only feed OR insects and such. III He admitted they were not as scfappy as the perch.
 Mr Holmes. told MF Clark the H latter looked at the hsh's mouth. II He himself looked inside q crcppie's stomach and found hsh there, the supetintendent's theories notwith- he said. H \; He also said in 30 years of fish, Ing. he had examined the stomachs sfkwhIte perch often, and had never fUuAd fish inside. Mr Clark replied l6. this the state took the opinion of the majority of experts who agreed that white perch did eat other fish and crappie did not.
 Mir Baker pointed out to him the Mill Plain section of Waterbury Is, ideally suited for birds but the State has not taken advantage of this in the. past 10 years. Members also criticized farmers of a cer- tain outlying section for refusing t0 cooperate in the matter of us- Ing permits and MT Clark said hA would investigate both of these matters. =. ... MT Clark said phsssants are Very scarce now. If the local club nod a contract with some private Qwners for 100 birds, the state $6uld probably find an extra 100, Ae told the members.
 v One member drew q laugh III when he said the state has received s26OO from members of the local club last year in hunting permits and spent about 4100 for IS birds locally. -Mr Clark, thanked the club for heir approval of his proposed plan. He asked them to contact their and senators fin the Itate legislature and urge these to lupport the discretionary power Jill, which would give the state :oinmisSion power to make minor ,hanges in the irfiexible state laws tt its descretion. Last year ho ,ointed out that last day of fishing louid have been extended for two wAARo 9ay4th m haNpn AssnAt A4n Aha