The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-12
Bv RALPH L. ROWLAND

RALEIGH, Dec. ll-R)-Dls
cussing long-range program
commissioner John D. Findlay O.
the state division of game and IN
land fisheries said today he be-
heved that 'the hunters Of the
state are going to have to curta1
some of their pleasure for the nex1
several years if we are to build UP
a satisfactory population OF mos
of our game specie"
Such curtailment he said ir
an interview, will be in the nature
of shorter seasons and smaller bag
limits.
Game farms will be continued
if it is found that there is a definite
place for them in uor program,
Findlay said. '"The emphasis In
the future, however, will be placed
on the redistribution of wild game
rather than on the distributor OF
birds and mammals raised cap
tivity."
Findlay said his present pro-
gram is divided into five funda-
mental sections protection, educa-
ton and training, land and water
management, research and investl-
cation, and propagation and re-
distribution.
"Protection, he said, involves
the outstanding of our present wild
life resources. Laws and regula-
tons are adopted to permit the
harvest each year of only certain
number of birds, mammals or fish,
so that there will always remain
sufficient breeding stock. The en-
forcement of these laws and regu-
lations is. handled by game and
fish protectors. The law enforce
ment section of the division was
recognized effective October l,
1915, and the new system is now
| in effect. The state is divided into
five law enforcement divisions, to
each of which is assigned a super
visor. Each division is composed
of number of districts, and the
districts in turn are composed OF
a group of counties"
Each district has number OF
protectors, under a leader, and
there are no county boundaries in
sofar as enforcement is concerned.
All officers will be placed in uni
forms.
The program is supported
through the sale OF hunting and
fishing licenses and those funds
are placed in special deposits by
Legislative act. They can be spent
for no purpose other than wildlife
conservation.
The section on educ cation and
training is a new undertaking of
the division, which is part of the
department of conservation and
development.
1T is a most important part Of
any sound wildlife conservation
program and if we are to achieve
any degree of success, those of us
with whom this is profession
must teach others what we already
know" Findlay said. A biologist
will have charge OF that program,
and plans are to publish monthly
magazine concerning activities of
All clubs, future farmers of
American clubs, wildlife and other
interested organizations.
Division employees will receive
general training.
THE management of lands and
waters, research and investigation
and propagation and re-distribu-
ton are closely inter-related in our
present organization" Findlay
said. This work is under the
supervision of a fisheries biologist
and game biologist; the latter
works closely with the coordinator
of our Federal aid program and
these three men are responsible for
the handling of all OF. the activities
under the combined sections we
are now considering.
Fish management has been cur
tailed during the war because of
the lack of technically trained per-
sonnet. We are still carrying on
a fish rearing and stocking pro-
gram from four trout hatcheries,
one trout rearing station and one
warm water hatchery. On or about
next January l, construction will
begin on new warm water hatch
cry for smallmouth bass near Ia
BILE Rock in Burke county, and
later it is planned to restore to its
full capacity the warm water
hatchery at Fayetteville, the op-
GRAFTON of which has been curtailed
because of the water supply prob;
lem.
1--WE anticipate within the next
few years the acquisition of great
many acres of public fishing wa
tiers. We also expect to render
additional service to farmers and
landowners who desire to con-
struct farm fish ponds.'
A deer trapping and redistribu-
ton project is beginning, and a re
search project is under way IN
Fender county which is designed
to teach more of what is involved
in deer management in eastern
North Carolina.
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