The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-04-02
New Ideas In
Conservation
OF Wldlfe
Libby Sportsmen Meet to
Organize Unit Of Nation
Wide Organization.
WILL COVER ALL
OF UNITED STATES

rod and Gun club tor the formation
OF Lincoln county unit of new ma
ton-wide organization to be known as
the General Wildlfe Federation. This
new organization is to cover the entire
United States and, as its name implies
is to have as its objective the conserva-
ton of the wild life resources of the
nation.
The new federation is to be made up
of one representative from each of the
states, the territories and the District of
Columbia. The states are to form state
organization, composed of one repre-
sentative from each county. Each
state organization will then choose
federation. The Montana state fed
Grafton is now being organized and
it was in cooperation with that move
ment that the Libby meeting was
called VIM ]. Darlington, deputy game
warden, and other local sportsmen re-
ceived letters from Kenneth F. Mac
Donald, state fish and game warden,
setting out in detail the plan to be
followed
Ira Tester, president of the Libby
Rod and Gun club, presided at the
meeting and NJ X. Kedzie acted as
secretary pro tenn. After some dis
cussion a committee was appointed to
devise tentative organization for the
county, whose chief purpose would be
to make arrangements for the holding
of a general meeting later when a
permanent organization could be af
fected The committee retired and
finally reported officers for temporary
organization as follows: President,
George Stoltx; secretary, M. X. Kedzic;
board Of directors, Tony Joy of Troy,
Mr.. McGlenn of Eureka and Ira Tester
of Libby, the directors being the presi-
dents of the rod and gun clubs in their
ton was suggested as temporary repre-
sentative to the state meeting. The
committee recommended that the meet
ing for permanent organization be held
at the Cedar Creek pavilion at date
to be decided later. The rerort Of the
committee was adopted by the meeting
1t will now be the duty of this tenn
porary organization to get in touch
with the sportsmen's clubs of Troy and
Eureka and ask their cooperation in
forming the permanent county or
ganization.
The committee appointed to suggest a
tentative county organization was conf
posed of George Stoltz. &. M. Boyes and
M X. Kedzie, with the president, Ira
Tester, an ex officio member. Chas D..
Rowe was invited to sit with the COM
mittee for publicity purposes.
Local sportsmen state the new or
ganization is one that has long been
needed in that it will unite the sports
men Of the nation in one organization
of nationwide scope. Their COM
bined influence can thus be exerted to
strengthen scientific program Of Wild
life conservation
A tentative constitution was drawn at
a Washington meeting in February with
the following preamble and objective:
Preamble.
Believing that the natural resources
of this continent are economic social,
recreatlonal and eSthenc assets winch
should be restored and perpetuated for
our posterity, and realizing that this
can be achieved only through an
aroused and enlightened opinion among
the people Of this nation, we dedicate
this federation to these ends.
Detectives.
(a) To organize all agencies, societies,
clubs and individuals which are or
should be interested in the restoration
and conservation of wildlife into a
permanent, unified agency for the pur-
pose of securing adequate public re-
cognition of the needs and values of
wildlife resources.
(b) To develop comprehensive pro-
gram for the advancement, restoration
and conservation of wildlife.
(c) To present to the public such
pertinent facts, discoveries and informa-
ton as may contribute to the solution
of the problems involved In the restor-
alton and conservation of wildlife.
(d) To cooperate with other general
wiIdlffn declarations Tn other countries
on this continent.