The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-11-23
FW5 STILL AGAINST
ADMIRALTY ISLAND
AS NATIONAL PARK
Holzworth Letter, Visit, In
spire Statements Made
by Three Officials


be misled by certain letter be-
ing sent them. but few Alaskans
will be. according to Clarence J.
Rhode, Alaska director of the US.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
The correspondence in question
is circularized by John NJ Hol2-
worth, who, in 1882, started
movement to make a national park
of Admiralty Island, ito save the
pig Brown and Grizzly bears of
Southeast Alaska (The quotation
is from Holzworths letter.
The Fish and Wildlife Service
said Rhode, wants to go on rec
ord right now as being emphati-
cally opposed to such plan. Such
reserve is not necessary and this
department is always against max
ing any reserve unless it is nee
essary, as through depletion.
There is no Gep.etion of bear
on Admiralty Island" Rhode con-
tinued why, only this year--on
July l, l948 the limit on bear
taken OH Admiralty Island was
raised to two year. 1t was in
creased from one, because there are
plenty of bear and, even with the
increase, there still will be adequate
protection"
Rhode pointed out that the pol
icy of the Alaska Game Commits
sion, part OF the Fish and Wild
life Service, is to make as much
use as possible of public resour-
ces-to encourage consistent crop
ping without depletion.
Between the Forest Service and
the Game Commission" emphas-
lied Rhode, there is ample ma
chinery to prevent depletion.
las to the location-why Admir-
atty Island?" Rhode queried.
1.-The bear on Admiralty are no
different from the bear on Chi
chagof Island. or Baranof Island
or on the mainland.
There is no distinct. rare specie
of fauna on Admiralty Island to
be protected
Washington Director Agrees
During his recent conferences in
Seattle with AL Day, F.W.S. director
from Washington, D. c., Rhode
discussed the renewed agitation by
John Holzworth.
The director feels. too" Rhode
reported for Day, that there is no
justification Tor establishing a
game preserve in that area. He is
firm in his belief in the policy
/ mentioned-as much use as
possible of public resources, and no
such reserves unless there is prov
EN- necessity"
There IS an equally positive
statement by Earl N. Dinner, chair
man of the Alaska Game Commits
sion. author of Alaska Speaks"
an article which appeared in Field
and Stream in April.
A reprint Of this article-a short
general one on conservation Of
Alaska's wildlife--is enclosed by
Holzworth with his circularized let
ter.
Dinner said: II am definitely OPP
posed to such reserve for Admir-
atty Island. I never did want it;
1 do not now see need for it.
MY article" he continued, did
not even mention bear or any
other game on Admiralty Island,
nor even for Southeast Alaska. A
look at the distribution chart of
coastal Brown Bear and Interior
Grizzly Bear part of the reprint)
shows Admiralty Island almost
solid. Even on the chart, there is
no indication OF sparsity."
Rhode concluded his part of the
joint statement with this comment:
I'VE feel that we have much
better grasp OF the situation than
Mr.. Holzworth has. We have much
more information on which we base
our conviction that there is no
justification for his proposal
Holzworth is the author of a
book, The Wild Grizzlies of AL
aska."
Would Re-IntrOduce Bill
With his letter, the reprint Of
Dinners article and a reprint Of
articles in 1882 issues of The New
York Times, is a copy of Senate
Bill 2944, the last bill introduced
by Sen. Arthur Capper of Kansas.
with his retirement the proposed
bill died, after being read twice
and referred to the Committee on
Interior and Insular Alfairs.)
Holzworth says, in part, in his
letter of October Z:
We are writing all Congression-
al candidates to ask If they will
actively support the passage OF
such bill in the next session of
Congress