The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-11
GAME REFUGEES
GIVE i. 5. NEW
Wild LIFE ERA
Millions Of Acres Sci Aside
Under Countrywide
Program
BY FRED BAILEY
United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Feb. II. iUP)
America is being restored 20 the
hunters paradise Of hundred
years ago under an expanded fcd-
cral wildlife conservation pro.
glam, according to department Oh
agriculture officials.
They described the program,
callint for expenditure of ap-
proximately $5,O00,OO0 a year.
epoch making in the history OF
wildlife conservation" Game AMI
mails, fish and fowl are being af-
forded refuge and protection.
The program was begun on an
expanded scale in 1888 and Is not
vet helf complete. Hundreds OF
new game and fish refugees have
been established in every part OF
the country. The Biological sur
vey and the Soil Conservation
service are cooperating in the
VAST ACREAGE SET ASIDE
Since July, 1881, the Biological!
survey has purchased LOO, oOC
acres to be converted into Wild
life sanctuaiies. In the same pc
riod more than 100000 acres
of public land were reserved by
executive orders as refugees.
The survey has established
about $50 refugees comprising H.
100000 acres. OF that amount
100000 acres are in the United
States and 100000 acres IN
Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico:
When completed the program Will
include about 20,000,O0O acres.
Public cooperation and more
stringent game laws are neceS-
saly if the wildlife restoration
program is to succeed, Dr.. Ira \.
Gabriclson, chief of the survey,
said. Private as we'll as pubic
for wildlife, he believes.
There is no magic way, Ga
brielson said, "tO restore the new
and former breeding grounds for
waterfowl. Either an increasing
number of birds must be allowed f.
to return each spring or the sport
of duck hunting will vanish. The
necessity for severe restrictions
on hunting has not passed.
The Soil Conservation service
is cooperating by providing addl-
tional cover and feeding grounds. ,
Under the services program 3d.
975 acres of land were planted .
to trees and protected by fencing, .
providing a haven for wildlife.
FEEDING STATIONS SET UP .
The Civilian Conservation corps !
has established 1888 feding sta
tons in areas where winter makes I
wildlife survival difficult. Hun !
dreds Of water conserving ana .
controlling structures also nave
been built, and trails and build .
ings improved. 49,.
State agricultural conservation
offices, in cooperation with the .
Biological survey, distribute thou
sands of bushels of cracked corn
each winter in areas where snow f
makes feeding difficult. Rural
mail carriers distribute much OF
the corn during regular mail de-
livery trips. =
Department of agriculture Of
ficials attribute much of the in
creased interest in wildlife con
servation to the work of }. N. :,
Ding" Darling, the cartoonist, as
chief Of the bureau of Biological
survey in 1884 and 1885. :
Others have carried on the fight
begun by Darling. He urged
broader state-federal cooperation
and the 1899 agriculture budget
$1,000,000 added federal
aid to states for wildlife restora-
ton.
FEDERAL PROGRAM
ENLARGED
Darling fought for an expanded
of federal refnges. Last
year the survey purchased Co., ..4
900 acres for establishment OF
expansion Of 70 refugees in 80
states. Options were obtained on
another 100000 acres.
Secretary of Agriculture Henry
A. Wallace, in paying tribute to
he work of Darling. said:
"Now we know that there is