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‘Better Living Conditions’ for Birds, Beasts
Is Objective of American Wildlife Institute
By WALTER A. SHEAD
WNU Washington Correspondent.
BELIEVE it or not, there is an or
ganization in Washington which
has no propagandist, no high-pow
ered publicity staff, and is non-profit
and non-political.
It is the American Wildlife In
stitute, formulated back in 1911 un
der the name of the American
Game Protective association and in
corporated in 1935 under its present
name, but with the same backers
and sponsors, headed by former
Senator Frederic C. Walcott of Con
necticut, "daddy” of much of the
conservation legislation which has
been enacted into law during the
past quarter of a century.
So the American Wildlife Institute
is a non-profit, non-partisan corpo
ration, supported by the voluntary
contributions of Industries, organi
zations and individuals interested in
the preservation of American wild
life and conservation of natural re
sources in all its phases.
Its objectives are three-fold: (1)
to encourage co-operation and co
ordination of effort of all groups and
individuals interested in conserva
tion of natural resources; (2) to as
sist In finding and presenting to the
public facts about wildlife and these
natural resources; and (3) to pro
vide facilities for training young
men in the latest scientific methods
of game management and conser
vation.
In carrying out these objectives
the American Wildlife Institute has
become a central co-ordinating
agency in liaison and co-operation
with and between such organizations
as the Izaak Walton League, the
American Forest association, the
Audubon society, Zoological and
Biological Associations, State De
partments of Conservation, Land
Grant Colleges and Universities, the
U. S. Fish and Wildlife service, and
the Conservation Division of the de
partment of agriculture.
Work on Broad Front.
It spends its money to obtain
these objectives by the publication
of books and technical pamphlets
at no profit, for the benefit of
all phases of conservation; by spon
soring and financing the annual
North American Wildlife confer
1
After an absence of more than 50
years Atlantic salmon have re
turned to spawning grounds in four
Maine rivers, after American Wild
life Institute had cleaned out the
Maine rivers ruined as spawning
grounds by the lumber industry.
ence; by the establishment of chairs
and schools of wildlife conserva
tion in colleges and universities for
training young men in every phase
of natural resources, for technical
research and in methods of game
management and conservation; by
conducting research itself and in
co-operation with other organiza
tions in wildlife and land manage
ment and use, stream pollution, and
by bringing about better co-ordina
tion and co-operation between
groups and individuals engaged in
the production, administration and
use of natural resources.
For several years the American
Wildlife Institute has financed the
research into migratory fowl at the
Delta duck station in Manitoba,
Canada, in conjunction with the
University of Wisconsin and Michi
gan State college, with James F.
Bell, famous authority on migratory
fowl, as superintendent of the proj
ect. In 1943, Ducks Unlimited be
came a co-operator. This scientific
study of migratory ducks and geese
has to do mostly with these wild
fowl on their breeding grounds. Oth
er studies of the birds in their mi
gration across the United States has
Research, training of young men for administration in game man
agement and conservation, and scientific experiment for the conserva
tion of all our natural resources are objectives of the American Wildlife
Institute.
led to the undertaking of an ambi
tious scientific research project of
what happens to migratory birds
when they reach Mexico and other
Central American countries where
they winter.
So for two years this study has
been going on, largely financed by
American Wildlife Institute, but con
ducted by the Pan American Union,
an international organization com
posed of representatives of the Cen
tral and South American Republics.
In its zeal to train young men in
scientific knowledge in all phases
of conservation, the Wildlife Insti
tute has fostered and helped finance
schools for this purpose at the land
grant state universities in Alabama,
Iowa, Maine, Missouri, Ohio, Oregon,
Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah and Vir
ginia, while, through the influence of
the institute, schools also have been
established at Purdue university in
Indiana and in New York.
Quarter Million to Schools.
The institute has expended ap
proximately $250,000 in the estab
lishment and maintenance of these
schools. In so doing, it operates
through the U. S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, the State Departments of
Conservation of Wildlife and the
universities. Approximately 500
trained men are now engaged in
various phases of wildlife conser
vation and land use. Many are hold
ing important government and state
jobs in forestry, wildlife manage
ment, with zoological and biologi
cal gardens and organizations.
Another instance of conservation
fostered and largely financed by the
institute was the restoration of the
salmon fishing industry on the At
lantic coast. Fifty years or so ago,
Atlantic salmon disappeared from
Maine due to the destruction of
spawning grounds in the Maine
fresh water rivers by the lumber
industry. Sawdust coated the bot
toms of streams and tannic acid
from the sawdust polluted the water
to such an extent the salmon were
killed off and a flourishing industry
died.
In 1940 a fellowship was estab
lished in the University of Maine
for the purpose of studying the pos
sibilities of restoring the Atlantic
salmon to the important streams
in the Northeast. Through these
studies and co-operation with the
institute, a method so easy and in
expensive was devised, that the
sponsors are amazed at the results.
Huge "egg beaters" were attached
to small boats sent into the Ma
chias, the Dennys, the Narraguagus
and the Penobscot rivers. These
egg beaters, operating in the spring
of the year at high water, churned
up the beds of these rivers so thor
oughly that the sawdust caking was
washed out and into the sea. Then
millions of salmon eggs were
brought down from New Brunswick
and installed in troughs for hatch
ing in the rivers. This spring saw
the first return of the Atlantic salmon
for spawning and they swarmed
back into these four Maine rivers
by the millions.
The American Wildlife Institute is
particularly interested in land use
on the theory that if land and water
are utilized properly we will auto
matically have wildlife. Clinton
R. Gutermuth, executive secretary
of the institute, who occupies a mod
est office in a downtown Washington
building, declares, "we can’t have
wildlife without the co-opcration of
farmers.”
"Most certainly,” the Hoosier
trained secretary said, “we can’t
take good farm land, and by the
same token, farmers should not at
tempt to farm land fit only for re
forestation or as cover for wild
life.”
Thousands of acres of land in this
country have been stolen from its
natural state and thousands upon
thousands of dollars of public money
has been spent in the vain attempt
to make farm land out of submar
ginal and other land fit only for
its natural state.
One such area, it is pointed out,
was the Kankakee marshes in
northern Indiana and Illinois. The
two states and the federal govern
ment spent many thousands of dol
lars in the attempt to convert these
thousands of acres of marshes into
farmland. When it was found
the land would not raise crops, aft
er decades of frustration, the land
is now being allowed to return to
its natural state. And during the
past few years, the financial return
from the recreational and other fea
tures of this natural wildlife habi
tat each year has been more than
was realized by farmers in all the
years cultivation was attempted.
Another such area is the so-called
grand flats in Wisconsin, an area
thousands of acres in extent where
a few years ago nothing but aban
doned homes were seen for miles,
and much of which is now being al
lowed to return to its natural state.
Grow Cover Where Possible.
Mr. Gutermuth believes that ev
ery farmer can correlate his land
into the two schools, natural and
agricultural For instance, along
the woods lot on almost every farm
there is 50 or more feet which will
barely raise a crop. This land could
be permitted to grow into cover.
The banks of ditches and streams
would, within a few years, become
a natural habitat for wildlife if
permitted to grow into a natural
state. And reforestation of some
land, suitable for that purpose, will
not only reap a rich harvest for
farmers in the way of lumber and
wood, but will also provide nat
ural cover for wildlife.
The American Wildlife Institute is
also vitally interested in proper land
use of rolling land, in erosion and
in contour plowing and cultivation
to retain the rich top soil and the
natural wealth of farm land. It has
aided in much research in this
phase of conservation.
The North American Wildlife
conference staged each year by the
institute is the forum where tech
nical men in all branches of con
servation meet and exchange in
formation and where results of the
year’s research are made public to
teachers, professors. laboratory
technicians, administrators and su
pervisors and to the general public.
Approximately 1,000 delegates
from every state, Mexico, Canada,
England and France are expected
to attend this year’s conference at
the Hotel Pennsylvania in New
York. The general theme will be
“The Place of Wildlife in a Chang
ing World.”
Streams and their steep banks are j
not suitable for pasture or cropland.
It is much better to plant a broad
strip along each side of the creek
with clover or other rough, strong
cover. Some willows or other trees
that thrive near water should be
| set out too, both for cover and to
help keep the banks from washing
away. In Illinois and northern In
diana great areas of marshland
were returned to their natural state
after many unsuccessful years of
attempted farming.
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
By VIRGINIA VALE
TAKE it from Charles
Drake and Lois Collier—
“Don’t come to Hollywood as
a contest winner!” Teamed
as romantic leads in David L.
Loew’s “A Night in Casablan
ca,” both learned that a lov
ing cup is just something to
hold flowers. Drake won a person*
ality contest In New London, kicked
around Hollywood for five years be
fore he got anywhere. Lois won a
beauty contest, but movie moguls
ignored her till she’d made a name
on the radio and the stage. Linda
Darnell won a contest, went home
to school for a year, then tackled
Hollywood successfully Ann Sheri
dan fought her way through menial
acting jobs before a press agent
dubbed her “The Oomph Girl."
-*
Natalie Wood, six-year-old Inter
national Picture starlet, will never
forget "Tomorrow is Forever,” in
which she made her screen debut;
she went to New York for the pre
NATALIE WOOD
miere—her first trip on a train; her
first glimpse of snow. But she is
looking forward to getting home,
because a new baby was expected
soon after her return, and Natalie
is hoping it’ll be a baby brother.
-*
Six ravishing beauties are need
ed for “Bel Ami,” which will star
George Sanders. But — they must
fit into the 1880 period of the story.
Reproductions of lovely ladies pic
tured by Renoir, Manet, Degas and
Toulouse-Lautrec will be used as
a guide in choosing the gals.
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Joan Edwards, who sings the na
tion's top tunes on the “Hit Parade”
each Saturday night, is booked to
star in Republic’s forthcoming pic
ture, "Hit Parade of 1947,” which
will be one of the most expensively
produced films made by the com
pany this year.
-*
The “Green Room Award” on the
Andrews Sister’s “N-K Musical
Showroom” over CBS Wednesday
nights has become so popular that
the girls will star in a movie to be
called “The Green Room,” with
their guest stars.
-*
Leo Gorcey, as Bob Burns’ stooge
on Bob’s Thursday night program,
is a dim-witted oaf, but he’s quite
different in real life. One of the
original “Dead End Kids,” Gorcey
has just finished his 46th picture,
and is under contract to make four
movies per year. A shrewd busi
ness man, knowing a lot about show
business, he acted as associate pro
ducer and writer on his last picture.
-*
Kate Smith, who celebrates her
!5th anniversary on the air May 1,
has broadcast all her programs on
CBS. As the first lady of the air,
she’s won a staggering list of
awards. Her war bond sales topped
the $200,000,000 mark, and in a one
week air campaign she brought
25,000 other Smiths to blood plasma
stations. Ted Collins says she made
more than 6.300 personal appear
ances for worthy causes.
-*
We’ve bad a lot of nice ghosts
in the movies — Cary Grant and
Constance Bennett in the "Topper"
Aims, Spencer Tracy in "A Guy
Named Joe," Robert Montgomery
in ’’Here Comes Mr. Jordan." Ed
ward Everett Horton Joins the ranks
in "The Ghost Goes Wild."
-*
Drew Miller, former master ser
geant in the U. S. air force, got a
bit role in "Till the End of Time”
because of Producer Dore Schary’s
insistence on using war veterans in
bit roles Then Miller got a factory
Job pressing phonograph records.
After seeing how he made his small
role stand out, RKO tracked
him down, signed him up, and plans
a romantic build-up for him.
-#
ODDS AND ENDS—A symphony
orchestra of II5 pieces will perform in
Warner liras' “Humoresquestarring
Joan Crawford and John Garfield. . . .
' Orson Welles lost 20 pounds in 20 days,
then had to put it back on in a week
for a one-minute scene which hud been
added to "Tomorrow Is Forever”. . .
Sonja Henie, who owns one of the larg
est collection of emeralds in the world,
consented to their being used in one of
the boudoir sequences of "The Countess
of Monte Cristo". , . James Burke
grew such a fine crop of whiskers for
Paramount's “Easy Come, Easy Go”
that he uaj kept on for “California.”
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