In the Mt. Nebo division of the uinte. tional iores0t in Utah, on

the Cache, Manti and  iablake National  orests, elk were planted nearly 2D0

year  ago and have increaied until bunting has been allowed. These are under

the management of the elk control board on which are represented the differtmnt

egencies concerned in the gam and the use of the range. These range in 
general have been intensively raszed by livestock owned by the local residents

for several generations. There are, however, rugh seetions not utilized by

livestock and a very general public demtnd for the mintenanue of a reason-

able niuber of elk. The problems here ore to determine just what the rela-

tionship in between livostook gmazing knd girw use about which we know pMctic-

ally nothing at present, whether the tentatively set maiu    dize of the
herd 
is correot as being fuir to all interested parties, .nd how the production
of 
the herd may best be utilized. With the Kalbab as an exemple, information

being obtained may indicate quite differont forage choice between deer and
cattle 
but privnte opinions differ and study will only make this definite.  One
prob- 
lem eoron in all oases of abundant game is how beat to avoid damage to private

property, whether by providing paynt for damoge or by destruction of the

aninmls cauving it or by both. Distribution of geme enimns is another prob-

lem. As il true in Utah at the present time, often there is overstocking

with game on local areas while other large areas could carry much more gme

without conflict with other interests. Mothods of tranofer from overotocked

to understocked -reas or dispersal of herds need to be developed. We have

much to learn regarding the proportion of sexes for differ nt kinds of 8tw

to have the produotion at the mnximis, particularly where the total mumber
in 
the herd must be limited. 1ie hve heard many claim   regrding danmgoe by

livestock to upland game birds but this can only be settled by etireful study

which should include all factors which influence &me bird production.
There 
are som  of those probls of wild-life manageAnt which tre lkrgely adiinis-

tr$tive and these will naturally be worked out by the states as owners of

the gam and fish and the organizations administering federal lands, but the

more technical studies of wild-life habitn, biological relationships, etc.

are a challenge to the Biological 'urvey cad other Interests involved in
the 
gme problem. While much may be accomplijhed by mutual unlerstanding and 
at between the interests involved, the plice of wild-life in the om- 
=Aity and its adjustm-nt to economio rerjuirements cannot be definitely set-

tled until a scheme of matgement Is devtloped based on soimd knowledge of

factors involved, It is just such problems as those as well as others bnv-

ing to do with animal relationships to forests which are being coneidered

now by the biologists assind to the ý'orest _xxperiment -tations in
oeopci'- 
tion with the other agencies involved. 
 
       Possibly it may be asked, just how important it is to heve wild-life

preserved? Does the present day development of the country justify it? 
This questi on will not be settled by debate, argumont, magazine articles,

or by figblt in Congress, state legislatures or any other place, between

the radical wild-life conservationist who would deny all private rights In

conflict with the unlimited developlent of g    and the individual who be-

lieves that any wild-life fore has no place in the eoonomce develojment of

the present day world,  It will finclly be settled by the general attltude

of the ordinary public with aympxthy towards any interest aff ected and by

the agreeerwnt of leAders of such interests to P program baSed on sound 
infonition and sympatby to each oth.w   viwpoint. 'Ie desirability and 
safety of a middle course is evidenced by the great increase in the number