Show NATIONAL WILDLIFE E WEEK writing in the magazine fishing and hunting fredrick djoi dan a director of national wildlife week makes the statement that national wildlife restoration week will be a great rally of all who are concerned with the future of americas outdoor heritage he makes the significant comments wildlife week will be a demonstration of the purposes of the general wildlife federation which is just what the name naine implies a federation embracing any and all organizations whose interests include wildlife and any of its phases its president is jay N ding darling famous cartoonist and former chief of the U S bureau of biological survey wildlife week will endeavor to give the federations message to all america the message is a simple one that the various resources of the out of doors belonging to us all and vital to the of coming generations must be safeguarded by na tion wide recognition of what has happened and what can happen what has been done and what must be done it is not merely a matter of fish and game nor of forests marshes or grass lands wild lue axe les oration Is the resto restoration tation of of life and of health means every ry ne mankind it and d abundance for calls for the saving of our capital investment bestowed byn by nature and shamelessly exploited by generations of careless and agte greedy edy man stream P pollution po ol lution ution dust bowls droutha drout hs lis floods forest fires the disappearance of native species of birds and animals are all lymp tonis toms of the same dreadful malady I 1 I 1 if we recognize national wildlife restoration week as a phase of the general conservation program a phase closely related to reclamation and ma nten ance of oc lands many details enter into the picture i 1 public opinion must demand tho the expulsion of the greedy hunter band and fisherman of the cai eless camper who alio is responsible for forest fires and stream pollution po lution public opinion must consider longtime long time planning programs locally what might be one phase of that longtime planning program is being brought to the minds of persons familiar with the problem of flood control and irrigation water supplies the heavy precipitation this year which is filling available reservoirs recalls to their minds the flood conditions of 1922 and the druth drouth of 1934 whether or not this year shall see sec a repetition of damage wrought in 1922 remains to be seen but it also reminds one of the need to plan for avoiding such a condition C A mattsson supervisor of the fish lake national forest and an ardent advocate of conservation in the broadest sense of the word j tinned recently the fact that were i 1 na csc vo rs available water that mv po go to v ast st emi ye could be stored in the vicinity of rattlesnake and salina creeks in n the johns valley section or in other suitable paces such storage water would promote wildlife would prevent brogon hy by ho flo ds aal cn z n na of nent life nd would be advantageous to agriculture in dry keais so closely related are all resources and interests that only by maintaining proper balance C can any of them be used to best a advantage d for present and future generations everyone then should unite with the game associations affiliated with the general federation in promoting the educational program of national wildlife restoration to week wildlife when we consider big c aanie aidie upland birds and fishing is a soui souich cc of income not to be ignored in our own section |