Evening star., 1948-07-10
Maryland Told
Unjust Protect
Rich Resources
Conservation Meeting
Urged to Cooperate
In Long Ronge Plans
By james BirchfieId
Stor Sfoff Correspondent

SOLOMONS, Md, July 10.-Mary-
1anders had the warning today that
they must live conservation" in the
future If the States rich natural re-
sources are to be safeguarded.
Addressing department heads here
yesterday at the seventh annual joint
conservation meeting sponsored by
the State Board of Natural Re
sources, Chairman John E. Clark
said the Free State has reached q
point where 1t no longer can stand
aside and watch the destruction OF
its rich natural wealth.
We have now reached the stage
in conservation administration, Mr..
Clark said, when we know that we
must cooperate with nature in pro-
viding the best facilities for the de-
velopment of our marine and Wild
life. This, I think, is the most
promising stage.
Must Support Wildlife.
Then we learned that we could
propagate marine and wildlife, and
thought we could do the job more
efficiently than nature. But we soon
found that it did little good to
propagate wild life and put it in
fields and woodlands that couldn't
support it, or to propagate fish and
place them in streams that were too
polluted to allow them to live"
oointing to the need for trained
men in the field OF conservation,
MI. Clark said colleges should work
TO turn out men that are some
thing between the college-trsined
specialist and the game Wardens."
DR.. r. v. Truitt, director of the
Department of Research and Edu-
cation, emphasized the Importance
of scientific research in rehabili-
tating the Chesapeake Bay fisheries
industries.
Program Called Feasible.
Through studying the oyster
breeding habits and by providing
the Tidewater Fisheries Commis-
sion with facts, DR.. Truitt said,
that agency should be able to arrive
ct a program that is economically,
socially and politically feasible.
The States fears of wholesale
destruction of fish during Navy un-
derWater explosion tests in Chesa-
peake Bay were groundleSs, DR..
Truitt, said. Marine life losses have
been relatively light.
DR.. Truitt conceded he was among
those who protested when the Navy
first announced its underwater ex-
plosions demolition tests.
AS the party returned to Annapolis
aboard the State yacht Potomac
from the two-day conference, DR..
T'ruitt pointed out the testing site
off Barren Island near the mouth
Of the Patuxent River.
He said only three trout were
killed when a 1,200-pound charge
was exploded Thursday. A number
of aleWives also were destroyed, but
DR.. Truittt called they trash fish"
The research director said the
rela atively light losses are attributed
to the deep water of the test site.
The navy is setting off blasts on
the hulls Of five test vessels to obtain
data to guide it in future con-
struction.
Importance of Education.
Emphasizing the Importance OF
education to conservation, DR..
James E. Spitznas, assistant super
intendent of education, urged con-
servation agencies to assist in pro-
viding adequate materials for
schools. These materials, he added,
would consist of reading matter in
attractive form, slides and moving
pictures.
He said classes in "aquaculture,"
similar to the vocational agricul-
tursl courses provided in schools,
might be wise for those areas which
derive much of their livelihood from
The water.
A committee to speed aquisition of
land for a State Bayside park at
Sandy point was named.
The group was instructed to con-
fer with Gov. Lane and recommend
action necessary to expedite the
Sandy Point project.
The State already has taken Co.
day option on 725 acres offered to it
for the park by William H. Labrot.
The Park Committee includes Mr..
Clark, Joseph F. Kaylor, director OF
the State Department Of Forests and
Parks.
Foresting Projects Listed.
Mr.. Kaylor outlined the objects of
the Forestry Department for the
next six years and listed projects
calling for the expenditure of $4,-
$4,000. The largest item was s., ,20O,-
900 for maintenance and improve
ment Of the proposed Bayside park.
Ernest A. Vaughan, director Of the
game and Inland Fish Department,
said his department is planning
projects for warm-Weather fish and
trout.
He said a new headquarters at
Mlllington, in Kent County, will be
the central point for distribution of
large-mouth black bass. Four trout
rearing pools have been completed
at Beaver Creek and seven others
are to be constructed as funds be-
come available and, he said, series
of trout refugees is planned for Gar
rett County.
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