PLEASE REFER
TO FILE NO.

A Permanent Work in Sport and Conservation
c/o Piology Department,
University of New Prunswick,
Fredericton, NJ.
December 31, 1946,
Professor Aldo Leopold,
Dept. Wildlife Management,
424 University Farm Place,
University of Wisconsin,
Madison, Wis,
Dear Professor:
You may remember that last winter "Field and
Stream" wrote and asked if I would do an article for them
on the Plack Duck, and I couldn't take it on then as I was
booked up with course work. They asked again about a month
ago if I would do it and, after receiving permission from
Head Office, I turned out a short article which is nothing
much more than the natural history story of the Plack Duck,
plus a few general observations on some fairly obvious limiting
factors at the end. They liked it enough to send me a cheque
without once returning the manuscript, so I take it all is
well. I have not yet heard whenit will be coming out and I
am sending you a copy of the M.S. enclosed.
I amfinding I have an awful lot of data to
work up and my one remaining assistant is kept pretty busy.
I have asked permission from Pert Cartwright to let me go
to New York to discuss the continuance or not of this project
with the rlack Duck Committee as I feel very strongly that
there is a very great need for further work on the species and
that my work this year will show that the species is in a bad
(3General Manager: way now. This is certainly not the time for Ducks Unlimited
T. C. MAIN, M.E.I.oO give up thoughts of Tlack Duck Xanagement. I have not yet
Asst. General IIanagheard from him, so I do not know what reception this received
E. S. RUSSENHOITh Winnipeg.  I will let you know as soon as I do,
Chief Engineer:
G. R. FANSET, B.Sc., C.E.
Chief Naturalist:            Sol                   h            u
B.ief Nui CA     se aeaWe have only scratched the surface, but I can
B. W. CARTWRIGHT  see ahead a number of things which would be very worth
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Saskatchewan Manager:
W. L. BUNTING, B.Sc., C.E.
Alberta Manager:
R. M. HARLEY
OFFICES:
201 Bank of Commerce
Winnipeg, Manitoba
42 Canada Life Bldg.
Regina, Saskatchewan
Qu'Appelle Bldg.
Edmonton, Alberta

the while of Ducks Unlimited to take on.     on    y
believe that in one more season I could more than double
the output of the study to date, as we have spent most
of last year getting oriented and finding out the actual
places to make the observations and collect the data,
I have travelled over 3000 miles by car and 900 miles by
canoe to find these places and next year all of this
travel could be eliminated and we court concentrate on
the best polaces and really get some worthwhile data,

To Increase and  Perpetuate fhe Supply of Ducks

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