WILDLIFE NEWS 
 
 
  Connecticut has started work on a 
biological survey of the Connecticut 
River Basin. 
  Maryland, after working for a year 
on a Federal Aid cooperative farm- 
game habitat improvement project, is 
greatly expanding the work. 
  New York completed a Federal Aid 
waterfowl s u r v e y project in the 
Ontario-St. Lawrence area and has 
started a similar study in the Lake 
Champlain section. 
  Fred A. Glover has been awarded a 
fellowship at Iowa State College where 
he will work for his doctor's degree. He 
recently completed a wild turkey in- 
vestigation for West Virginia. 
  Since 1939 a d u 1 t Atlantic Salmon 
have been trapped at Bangor dam in 
Maine to obtain spawn for experi- 
mental propagation work. The result- 
ing fry were reared to yearlings and 
two-year old fish, tagged and released 
in suitable M a i n e streams. Ninety- 
three adult salmon were trapped from 
this year's run at Bangor dam    and 
among these were 37 tagged fish that 
had been raised at the hatchery and 
released in 1944. These are the first 
returns recorded. It proves the experi- 
ment has value and continuation may 
bring to light interesting facts in regard 
to management of this valuable species. 
               ALLAN T. STUDHOLME 
University of Maine Expands Wildlife 
             Curriculum 
  The University of Maine is expand- 
  ing its wildlife curriculum with the 
  opening of the new school year. The 
wildlife staff has been increased by the 
appointment, effective July 1, of Dr. 
Harry Leon Kutz who will serve as 
Assistant Professor of Game Manage- 
ment. Dr. Kutz is a graduate of Syra- 
cuse University and obtained a Ph D 
from Cornell. He has had several years 
of teaching experience in ornithology, 
game management, and various phases 
of zoology, both at Cornell and at Nor- 
wich University. For five years he was 
a game research investigator with the 
New York Conservation Department. 
  At the University of Maine Dr. Kutz 
  will expand some of the wildlife 
  courses now offered and will organize 
  a new course in that field. He will also 
participate in the program of the Maine 
Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit. 
Dr. Kutz's new address will be 9 Co- 
burn Hall, University of Maine, Orono, 
Maine. 
      Boston Waterfowl Meeting 
   As one in the series of regional 
 meetings conducted during the p as t 
 few months, the U. S. Fish and Wild- 
 life Service held a waterfowl session in 
 Boston on May 15. The meeting was 
 called to give the Service an oppor- 
 tunity to explain in detail the serious 
 condition of waterfowl this year and 
 to discuss with the game officials and 
 sportsment possible remedies and reg- 
 ulations. 
   The Boston meeting was arranged by 
 John Pearce, Regional Director, and 
 was presided over by Albert M. Day, 
 Director of the Fish and Wildlife Serv- 
 ice, and by Frederick C. Lincoln, As- 
 sistant to the Director. The morning 
 session, for State game officials and 
 Service personnel, was held in the 
 
 
Service's Regional Office at the Blake 
Building. In the afternoon, sportsmen 
were given an opportunity to speak 
and to ask questions of Service officials. 
This open session was held in Gardiner 
Auditorium in the State House, and the 
address of welcome was given by Gov- 
ernor Bradford of Massachusetts. 
  All the New England States were 
represented at the meeting. 
Dr. Gabrielson Visits the Northeast 
  During the last week of May, Dr. Ira 
N. Gabrielson, former Director of the 
Fish and Wildlife Service and now the 
President of the Wildlife Management 
Institute, was a visitor in Maine and 
New Brunswick. In Maine he conferred 
with Commissioner George J. Stobie of 
the Department of Inland Fisheries and 
Game; Merwin Marston, Maine Federal 
Aid Coordinator; and Howard Mendall, 
Leader of the Maine Cooperative Wild- 
life Research Unit. Going to Frederic- 
ton, New- Brunswick, Dr. Gabrielsot 
conferred with Bruce Wright, Director 
of the Wildlife Research Station located 
there. This new station is sponsored by 
the Wildlife Management Institute, 
Ducks Unlimited, and the University of 
New Brunswick. Dr. Gabrielson 1 e ft 
Fredericton June 1, for a boat trip in 
the Gulf of St. Lawrence with Dr. Har- 
rison  F. Lewis, Superintendent of 
Wildlife Protection for Canada. 
               HOWARD L. MENDALL 
  The Pennsylvania State College is 
conducting a Conservation Education 
Laboratory again this summer. Two 
three-week sessions will be held. The 
first session began June 30. Pr of. 
George J. Free is in charge of the 
Laboratory. Similar laboratory p r o - 
grams were conducted in New Hamp- 
shire, Rhode Island and West Virginia. 
 
       INDEX COMMITTEE 
  The Index Committee headed up by 
  Dr. Lee E. Yeager, is finishing up the 
  indexing of the American Game Con- 
  ference and the North American Wild- 
  life Conference transactions. The Com- 
  mittee has put a lot of hard work on 
  this job and every member should get 
  a copy of it when published. This index 
  will be included in the volume of the 
  transactions of the last North American 
  Wildlife Conference. Order your copy 
  now from the Wildlife Management 
  Institute, 822 Investment Building, 
  Washington, D. C. 
  Dr. Warren W. Chase is spending 
  several weeks this summer at Moose, 
  Wyoming. From ot h e r sources, we 
  learn that Howard Zahnizer is also at 
  Moose, Wyoming. What goes on Olaus? 
  Do you have room for the rest of us! 
      Proposed Amendments Pass 
  The two amendments making it pos- 
  sible for the Society to change the ad- 
  ministrative set-up by combining the 
  offices of Secretary and Treasurer into 
  one office passed. The amendment rais- 
  ing subscription rates for the Journal 
  from $4,00, to $5.00 also passed. 
                     LOGAN BFNNETT 
         Notes From Region 5 
   Orville N. Arrington had a nice arti- 
 cle on antelope census in Arizona in 
 the May 1947 ARIZONA-WILDLIFE 
 SPORTSMAN. 
 
 
  Rollin H. Baker is doing graduate 
work at the University of Kansas. 
  Dr. Frederick M. Baumgartner pro- 
moted the Second Oklahoma Wildlife 
Conference, which was held on June 27 
and 28 at Stillwater, Oklahoma. A fine 
2-day program in cooperation with the 
Oklahoma Game and Fish Commission 
was worked out. 
  Harold L. Blakey is finishing up some 
of his work on brush control and wild 
turkey management on the Aransas 
National Wildlife Refuge. 
  A watchful eye over the Grand Can- 
yon of Arizona is being kept by Dr. 
Harold C. Bryant, Superintendent of 
the Grand Canyon National Park. Dr. 
Bryant maintains a keen interest in 
wildlife management along with the 
numerous administrative details which 
fall to his lot as superintendent. 
  M. D. Bryant is in business in Deni- 
son, Texas. 
  David Homer Buck is with the Texas 
Game Fish and Oyster Commission 
with headquarters in Denison, Texas, 
and has an investigations assignment 
on the fisheries side of the work at 
Lake Texoma on the border of Texas 
and Oklahoma. 
  Helmut K. Buechner is continuing 
his comprehensive study of ecology and 
range use by the pronghorned antelope, 
with headquarters at Alpine, T e x a s. 
His findings are in the process of alter- 
ing  public  opinion  regarding  the 
prong orn. 
  Thomas    Knight   Chamberlain   is 
spending most of his time these days 
at Conchas Lake, New Mexico, where 
a study of fisheries production is being 
conducted. Occasionally he gets back 
to his headquarters at College Station, 
Texas, to see what his family looks 
like. 
  Howard D. Dodgen, in his role as 
Executive Secretary of the Texas Game 
Fish and Oyster Commission, is facing 
ever enlarging opportunities for serv- 
ice to wildlife management and the 
general welfare through new legisla- 
tion in process of adoption by the pres- 
ent Texas State Legislature and ex- 
panding   enlightened  administration 
generally. 
  Frank W. Fitch is finishingu_   a 
Master's degree problem on the scissor- 
tailed flycatcher at Texas A. and M. 
College during the present summer. 
We anticipate he will be headed for 
Georgia or parts southeast probably 
early in September. 
  Bryan P. Glass is teaching in the 
Department of Zoology at Oklahoma 
A. and M. College, Stillwater, Okla- 
homa. 
  W. C. Glazener, Director of Restora- 
  tion, Texas Game Fish and Oyster 
  Commission, as everybody knows, is 
the recently elected Representative for 
Region 5. Expanded operations antici- 
pated under 'present Pittman-Robertson 
appropriations will keep Caleb hustling 
during the year just ahead. 
   As Regional Biologist in Region 2, 
 Phil D. Goodrum, formerly of Austin 
 and Weldon, Texas, is stationed at At- 
 lanta, Georgia. He has become a great 
 traveling man. We count him as a 
 Texan still, since occasionally he gets 
 over the line into the biggest state of 
 the union. 
 
 
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