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Show CANADA DOES MUCH FOR U.S. WILD LIFE U. S. sportsmen owe a great debt to the government of Canada for its part in quadrupling the continental con-tinental population of migratory waterfowl, Dr. Ira N. Gabrielson, director for the Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, Inter-ior, said today. "Canada is the nursery for many of the ducks, geese, swans, and other waterfowl which make their winter homes in the United States and- the Federal government of Canada, as well as the governments govern-ments of the Provinces, had not cooperated so wholeheartedly in the work' of conservationists both in the United States and Canada, we could not have alleviated the so-called 'duck depression' as rapidly rap-idly as was done." Nature has done more to bring back the migratory waterfow population than conservationists could ever do, declared Dr. Gab-rielson, Gab-rielson, pointing out that a severe and lasting drought in the Provinces Provin-ces where most of the waterfowl breed had done much to cause the decline in numbers. Since 1938 these areas have had plenty of precipitation and many of the ponds, lakes, and marshes have gotten back to their natural condition. |