Evening star., 1949-03-06
Conservation Experts
.DjscussWiIdIifeP Plans
AT Maryland Farley

/ More than 150 experts IN con-
servation methods yesterday dedi-
Gated themselves to the task OF
restoring wildlife on farms
throughout the northeastern area
of the United States.
| They met in the first day of a
two-day session at the University
of Maryland to hear officials from
IL States and the District of Co.
lumbia explain what they are
doing to make their areas TEEN
once again with rabbits, quail and
pheasants.
Today, they will tour Maryland
farm game projects and visit the
Patuxent Research Refuge Of the
Fish and Wildlilfe Service near
Bowie.
One of the speakers yesterday,
DR.. T. B. Symons, director of the
University of Maryland Extension
Service, said the tremendous in
crease in the number of licensed
hunters in the Northeastern
States has reduced sharply the
available game.
No Shelter for Game.
! He added that farms no longer
provide an adequate environment
for wildlife because crops are
grown up to the fences" leaving
no shelter for game.
Another speaker. DR.. William B.
Holton. Chevy Chase, chairman of
the National Executive Board,
Izaak Walton League of America,
stressed the Importance of anti
pollution measures in rivers and
streams.
He said stringent anti-polution
laws exist in Maryland but are
not enforced.
| He emphasized, however. that
I'VE must be reasonable in our
approach to the problem. We
can't put industries out Of busi-
ness just because they pollute
rivers"
! He also called for improved ad-
ministration of public lands, in
cluding a more extensive program
of reseeding, fencing, waterhole
and grazing control. and improved
recreational facilities.
Students Help Program.
T. Owen Knight. supervisor Of
pupil personnel for Montgomery
County schools. described con-
servation work being carried on
by students in seven schools.
IF these projects are devel-
oped," he said, they offer an op-
portunity not only to teach con-
servation, but present subjects
which are meaningful to boys and
girls and which can be used in
developing their character"
Other speakers included John
Slautterbach, land agent for the
PENNSYLVANIA Game Commission;
Edwin M. Barry of the Maryland
Game and Inland Fish Commis-
sion. and Frank c. Edminster,
chief of the regional biology dl-
vision, United States Soil Con-
servation Service.
Sponsoring the meeting are the
Northeast Section of the Wildllfe
Society, the Maryland Game and
Inland Fish Commission and the
Maryland chapters of the 1zaak
Walton League.
Ben Bradley Elected.
Ben Bradley, superintendent OF
the game program OF the New
York State Conservation Depart
ment, last night was elected chair
man of the Northeast Section OF
the Wildlife Society.
Other new officers of the So
ciety are Harry Goodwin, chief
of the river basin survey, fish and
wildlife service, Boston, vice chair
man; and Philip Barske, field rep
resentative of Wildlife Manage
ment Institute. Bridgeport, Conn.,.
secretary treasurer.
Elected to the Executive Com
mittee were DR.. DurWood Allen.
biologist of the Patuxent Re-
search refuge. Beltsville, Md;
Ernest A. Vaughn, director OF the
Maryland Game and Inland Fish
Commission, and Edward Addy.
biologist of the Northeast region.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
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