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S IN DISCUSSING FISH GAME AIRPLANE IS NEW MENACE TO WILD LIFE Pheasants Thrive Only on Areas Once Covered Coy Cov ered by Glaciers NEW YORK Dec Dee 10 SubJects Subjects that included the effects of ot fee Ico age glaciers on present day gamo game birds the growing menace of ot the airplane to game ame the test of ot shoo shooting tinS tinS' abilIty ability abil abil- ity Iy as u a a. prerequisite to the tho grantinS' grantinS granting grant grant- inS ing of ot a ft shooting license and the merits oC of the May ay fl fly In hi comparison compari s son Eon n with the worm as bait for trout were vere among the questions discussed ct at the fifteenth annual national national game conference held heIJ under the auspices of oC the American Game Came Protective association here GREAT THRONG ATTENDS MEETING Practically eel every national society association or other organization Interested Interested in interested In- In in gamo game restoration the conservation of ot forests the tho protection protection protection tion of ot streams and other outdoor activities was included among amonS' those officially represented Attendance n the conference embraced delegates delegates delegates dele dele- gates from thirty-six thirty states Alaska Canada England and Japan Federal Federal Federal Fed Fed- eral and state officials representatives enta- enta tives of or the Canadian game service service service ser ser- vice and dominion game officers I were among those participating as speakers or in the discussions of ot virtually every phase of ot wild life lICe protection and propagation and the i safeguarding of ot surface natural 10 ye- I sources By common consent this I was the greatest as assemblage of ot game authorities conservationists I and sportsmen in the entire history of ot the tho American conservation move move- ment meat Never before were so man many differences of ot views aired and so great a spirit of ot operation co-operation shown PHEASANTS LIKE GLACIER GROUND GROUNDS Describing observations he had made in Ohio Michigan and Iowa Aldo Leopold in charge of ot the game survey for the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers Manufacturers' Institute tute lute pointed out that even where ring neck pheasants had been distributed distributed distributed dis dis- over entire states they not only did not thrive but in Instances disappeared almost entirely except in se sections which in past ages were covered by glaciers Leopold urged the setting aside of ot space on farms as cover for all aU quail as one of ot the most efficient means of oC increasing the number of ot game birds A A. note of ot warning wa was sounded relative to the possible ill effects of ot the airplane on wild life due to the case ease with which the remote retreats of ot wild life ma may be bo reached by al aland all air and the disturbance of ot upland birds water fowl and both big and small game animals by low flying planes George D. D Pratt chairman of ot the conference and Paul G G. G Redington chief of oC the tho U. U S. S bureau of ot biological cal 1 sune survey both stressed this new menace to the game propagation and conservation work of ot states and I the federal government Redington I also expressed the view that game refuges rank higher than strict law enforcement In protecting and Increasing in increasing In- In creasing game although he emphasized emphasized emphasized sized more effectual game law en en- en i COOLIDGE STARTS I ANGLER ARGUMENT That the May Olay fly Ily Is considered a more tempting morsel to brook trout than Is the worm which resIdent President expressed a n preference for tor was a a. fact developed in an address on trout streams and trout foods by Dr Paul R. R Needham ee ham hamot of ot Cornell university the representative representative representative of ot the American Fisheries society II IL V. Yo Terhune executive officer Alaska game commission stressed the need of ot adequate control of ot the coyote coote which in Alaska is extremely extreme extreme- l ly destructive and nod threatens serious serious seri zen ous depletion of ot the big game gante of oC the territory WOMAN SPEAKS BEFORE MEETING Mrs George D D. MacDonald chairman chairman chair chair- man of oC the Ohio conservation cOUncil council coun cOUn- cil cli was accorded the honor of oC be beinS' beinS being being be- be ing inS the tho first woman to address the game conference Mrs MacDonald gave assurances that the women's clubs of ot the country countr will ill eventually exert a n tremendous influence in game same and other conservation measures Discussing A National Game Conservation Policy John B. B Burnham Burnham Burn- Burn ham representing the American Game Protective e association made distinction between gunners and sportsmen and suggested that a test of oC shooting skill might be a good thing to require before grantIng grantIng grantinS' grantinS grant- grant Ing inS a gunning license |