The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-02-09
GAME GROUP TURNS 1 LIGHT ON POSTWAR WILDLiFE EFFECTS

Active interest by sportsmen's 1 groups and strong spirit of de- sire to coperate toward the preser- vation of Alasas game animals, fish and birds were evidenced at the recent annual meeting of the ] Alaska Game Commission, held this year at Fairbanks, it is. reported 1 by Commission Chairman Earl N. Dinner, of Petersburg, and by off 1 cials of the Fish and Wildlife Ser vice who attended the seven-day Fairbanks session.
 Mir. Dinner arrived here from Fairbanks earlier this week and was to fly today to his Petersburg 1 home. Others here from the con- i ference are: w. E. Crouch, chief of the division of game manage ment, Fish and Wildlife Service; Frank w. Hynes, Regional F & WI Director, and Frank Williams of St. Michael, Commission member from the Second Division. Jack { O'Connor, F & WI Game Man agement Supervisor for Alaska, is expected to return to Juneau this weekend.
 Changes Proposed
 Although stressing that action taken by the Game Commissioners at their meeting is subject to re- view and approval by the Secre- tary of the Interior before becom- j ing effective, Dinner indicated that the Commission has proposed changes in the fish and game re- gulations which will recognize AL aska's increased population. Some boundary and season changes were proposed together with some bag , limit reductions for both Alasans and nonresident hunters.
 In all their actions the Con- missioners looked to the effect of postwar conditions on the Terri tory. A definite postwar plan out ! lined is the planting of new bodies of water to game fish and the re- stocking of depleted waters. This program has long been under con- sideration but could not be under taken during the war. Now, how ever, the Commission desires to | push it to the full limit of funds available. The program would be Territory wide.
 Army's Range
 i Much heat was displayed by h. terior sportsmen, Dinner said, re- garding the Army's project to ex- tend it's bombing practice range in ! the upper Panama Valley. The 1 Commission is on record against any such extension and is sym pathic to the view of Interior sportsmen that, not only should the range not be extended to en- compass the bison grazing area, but the present range should be moved to one of the many Alaska areas where it would not be threat to any form of wildlife.
 ' The Commission listened to argu- ments for opening the beaver ! trapping season around Bristol Bay, but felt that more study should be given the matter before decision.
 Wolf Poisoning
 MT Dinner related wolf poisoning experiments carried on in the southern part of Southeast Alaska during the past year by Wildlife Agent Hosea Sarber of Petersburg. The experiments have proved ef- fective he said, and there is no known or reported instance of other wildlife falling victims to the poison when placed according to i the procedure used experimentally. | It is felt by majority of trappers and sportsmen in the southern part of this Division, that the poison- { ing should be continued there. However, it is likely, MT. Dinner said, that a different technique will have to be worked out before wolf poisoning can be attempted In areas where fox also are found.
 MT. Dinner advised here yester- day that Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes has given definite in- structions to the National Park wolf incubator. Crouch said that the recently revealed program by the Park Service to kill but IS of an estimated 60 wolves in the Park has now been over-ruled by the Secretary, who has directed much more extensive elimination.
 l MT. Crouch expects to remain at the regional F&WL office here for four or five more days before re- turning to his Chicago headquarters
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-Dr. w H. Sebrell of the National Institute of Health predicted today that people with normal stomachs would have no trouble digesting the 'oark white" bread proposed by President Truman.
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