The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-05-07
CHANGES IN GAME REGULATION
 APPROVED BY SECRETARY


 Amendments to the Regulations relating to Game, Land Fur Animals and birds in Alaska, recommended by the Alaska Game Commission at it's annual meeting in March of this year, have been approved by the Secretary of Agriculture, to become effective July 28, 1887. The new game regulation circular No. 14, embodying a complete text of these changes. will be available for dis truction about July 1st. Briefly, these amendments provide the fol- lowing changes from the regulations of last year:
 Fur Bearing Animals
 Following closed season on beaver throughout the Territory this spring, the new regulations pro vide an open sesaon next year in all of Fur District 2, Fur District 4, Fur district 5, Fur District 6 (ex- cept portion of the Tanana River drainage east Of the Richardson Highway and east of the divide be- tween the Goodpaster and Shaw and Salcha River drainages), and Fur District [ Bag limit 10.
 The open season on marten throughout the Territory will be ex- tended for another year
 Several minor changes have been effected with regard to dates of open and closed seasons
 Following an extremely poor catch of fur on the Kenai Peninsula and upon request of the residents of that area the entire Peninsula west of the Alaska Railroad has been closed to the trapping of mink, mar ten, land otter, weasel, foxes, and lynx.
 An amendment to Regulation Is prohibits the placing of fox traps within one hundred feet of fox den.
 In connection with the proposed experimental fur farm and to assist in compiling data on the indsutry in compiling data on the industry port an account of their operations at the end of each year.
 Game Animals
 To enable enforcement of the reg ulation prohibiting the taking of fe- male animals, an amendment will goi into effect requiring that evidence of sex of moose, deer, and mountain sheep must be left attached to the carcass until dismembered
 Another amendment provides that any person, other than a licensed hunter or tlapper, who is in posses 1 sion of game meat will be required to produce upon demand the license number and name of the person from whom such meat was obtained. This regulation is being placed in effect to curb the illegal taking and pos sessing of game by nOn-residents and aliens.
 From the date these regulations become effective. the taking of game from, on, or ocross any public highway 9r within B feet of the center line of such highway, will be prohibited in the first and third Judicial Divisions.
 A closed season on moose and deer has been established from Cape Fair weather to Longitude Al. This reg ulation was requested in order to protect the transplanted deer in the vicinity of Yakutat Bay, and to all low the moose in that area to be un molested .lntil such time as they are sufficiently plentiful to warrant an open season. The Ward Lake re- creational area in the vicinity of Ketchikan has been closed to all hunting, as well as a one mile strip extending from the town of Peters burg to Blind Point. These areas have been previously set aside by the Forest Service. Moose were also given protection in the drainages of the Chilkoot and Chilkat Rivers in Southeastern Alaska.
 A change ill Regulation will pro- hibit the sale of meat within five miles of the Alaska Railroad and Steese Highway from Fairbanks to and including Chatanika. For the first time in many years game meat was allowed to be served in the Fairbanks area last year, but will now be prohibited as a result of dl- most unanimous request.
 The Commissions Regulation "A" has been changed to require non-res-