The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-09-10
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Through Wrangell last Sunday night. with a revived snap in his walk and a refreshed gleam in his eve. was Dr. Ira N. GabrielsOn, na- tional Director of the U. s. Fish and Widlife Service and Deputy Coor- dinator Of Fisheries, returning to his headquarters in the national capital after six weeks of proving the vast reaches of Alaska while personally looking over the great natural resources of the north which come under his department. Bale or telegrams in his pocket, de- manding his attention in the States at the earliest moment was the on- ly dark spot on the GaDrielson hor- izon. The good doctor had plan ned on spending a few more days in the Southeast, around Wrangeu, Petersburg and Ketchikan areas, but the demands from the States were too urgent. Duty was beckon- ing in no uncertain terms, but there appeared to be a nostalgia flicker in the Gabrielson eye as he looked over toward the Stikine flats while lines were being cast of and the fisheries vessel Brant got under way. Having spent his maturing years in Oregon and other western states. the Director likes "elbow room." In Alaska he found lots oTj it. If your Periscoper is any kind of a judge of human nature, broad frontier lands fit into the Gabriel son scheme Of life. It makes for depth of character, broad o1tlooks' sound judgments.
 Aboard with the Director was ex-l Senator Walcott of Connecticut, an- other ardent outdoors man, who had his notebook full after his second quite thorough adventure into the north.
 Dr. Gabrielson had visited most of the Interior and Westward. He had been up been up in the Pribn- os during the sealing. Seals and care of the people on the sealing is-l lands is the duty of the Fish and Wildlife Service under the old Rus-I sian treaty. Sealing nas been good this season the Director reported. The herd is growing, there was al good take and the fur prices are sky-rocketing. A total of 117,264 skins were taken this year, the larg- est on record. It will mean more than a million dollar return to the government.
 The Pribilof people were brought south during the Westward eYacua- tion due to war emergency and aim now is to get them back as soon as possible to their homes. Just how soon that will be remains to be worked out with the War and Navy Departments. It could be this fall or early in the spring.
 The great Kenai game area, the Richardson highway districts, An chorage, Fairbanks and many other places had passed before the Cab rielson eye, some of the mountains and trails under the Gabrieison foot. The six prolific rivers of Bris- tol Bay which furnish the great red salmon run had been secuted as had other fishing districts. Or ganization and plans for future years had been gone into. Actually, it was all work; for Dr. Gabrielson, whose roots come from the old Bio logical Survey, nurtured by the or iginal Teddy Roosevelt and which made North America wildlife con- scious, it was pleasure; the plea sure one gets from doing the work one likes best to do.
 The Director had made some pret- ty thorough probing into fisheries; present and future. The pack. he found, will run between five and five and a half million cases. South east run has been poor, but exten- sions had been granted within what appeared to be proper run limits. In this connection, plans for the future call for more accurate studies of the thousand or more streams which supply the Southeast