The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1941-06-19

Tips and Briefs

GEORGIA
Famed Swamplands Attract
Summer Tourists, Fisher
men
WaycrosS - The famous Oke-
genoke swampland is ready for
] the summer season, according
to John M. Hopkins, manager
of the Okefenokee National
Wlildlife refuge. Boatmen, hotels,
tourist homes, and fishing
camps are getting ready for the
influx of summer visitors who
come to the wilderness area for
sightseeing trips or fishing ex-
cursions.
This is the time of year
when you can see the SwampS
BEST" the refuge manager said.
when the water is up high
enough the guides can take
sightseers over all the boat
routes that weave in and out
of the tall moss-laden cypress
trees and the thick, Jungle like
vegetation"
Fishing enthusiasts will HE
themselves to the many "lakes'
where plymouth black bass,
perch, Dream, and pickerel are
said to be abundant. Fishing
permits must be obtained from
Manager Hopkins, Post Office
Building, WaycroSS.
Among the forms of wildlife
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are large colonies of white ibis
es, which nest here in summer,
Florida cranes, American egretS,
herons, wild turkeys, alligators,
turtles, and occasionally bears.
Some 35 miles long and IS
to Is miles wide, the swamp
land abounds with historical
anecdotes. The SuWannee river
has its source in the swamps.
In the interior is Floyd's Island,
| where an Indian village was de-
stroyed by soldiers. The SuWan-
nee Canal, which goes IL miles
into the interior, passes many
! of the "prairies" where one
sometimes can see the ground
undulating in small waves, a
phenomenon that has inspired
writer's to describe the area as
the Land of Trembling Earth"
IDAHO
State Refugees Will Be
Improved By Federal Aid
Planting Program
Boise - Trees and shrubs
will be planted on a series of
state refugees under a Putnam
Robertson project, according to
a recent announcement from
the Fish and Wildlife service,
United States Department of
the Interior. Many of the areas
require food and cover plants
to benefit the wildlife species
using the lands.
Trees and shrubs will be OBJ
tanned from the university OF
Idaho and the state peniten-
tiary farm, at handling costs.
Lands surrounding springs
and waterholes that have beer
developed and enclosed for des-
ert game will receive particular
attention in the revegetation
work, officials said.
MAINE
Lobster Fishery
Survey Completed
Boothbay Harbor - Compila-
ton of the number of boats,
traps, and fishermen engaged
each month during 1910 in the
lobster fishery has just been
completed for the Maine coast,
according to a report released
by the Fish and Wildlife service,
United States Department OF
the Interior.
Seventy-eigh fishing locali-
ties were covered in the survey
Consultations with the Stats
tical agents of the state and
the federal service have resulted
in an understanding of the ma
jor points of discrepancy be-
tween the yearly poundage OF
the Maine lobtser catch as col
lected by the two systems. Dur
ing 1910 it was possible to cor
rect most of these differences
and further progress is antici-
pated for 194l.
Salmon Restoration
Experiments Continue
Portland - Experiments in
New England salmon restora-
ton, being carried on by the
Fish and Wildlife Service, Unit
ed States Department of the In
terror, in cooperation with the
Maine Department of Inland
Fisheries and Game and of Sea
and Shore Fisheries, are con-
tinuing to show progress.
DR.. George A. RounSefell, SER
vice biologist, made a trip tC
the Pemaquid river during APP
ril to construct screens across
the river to be used for trap
ping and enumeration of any
kind salmon fry developing
from the natural spawning in
the Pemaquid last fall.
The Atlantic salmon was for
merly one of the most abun-
dant food and game fishes in
New England but in recent
wears has decreased almost tC