California fish and game (19891507123)

Carl Westerfeld, California Fish and Game Commissioner
Title: California fish and game
Identifier: californiafishga3_1917cali (find matches)
Year: [1] (s)
Authors: California. Dept. of Fish and Game; California. Fish and Game Commission; California. Division of Fish and Game
Subjects: Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons
Publisher: (San Francisco, etc. ) State of California, Resources Agency, Dept. of Fish and Game
Contributing Library: California Department of Fish and Game
Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive



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CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME. 17 CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME A publication devoted to the conserva- tion of wild life and published quarterly by the California State Fish and Game Commission. Sent free to citizens of the State of Cali- fornia. Offered in exchange for ornitho- logical, mamnialogical and similar period- icals. The articles published in California Fish AND Game are not copyrighted and may be reproduced in other periodicals, provided due credit is given the California Fish and Game Commission. Editors of newspapers and periodicals are invited to make use of pertinent material. All material for publication should be sent to H. C. Bryant, Museum of Verte- brate Zoology, Berkeley, Cal. January 20, 1917. Game Commission should be made a clearing house for information on fish and game. Are you not anxious to know the truth regarding the life and habits of some game species? The number of false stories which are current is appalling. Settle your disputes by writing the bu- reau. If we are unable to answer your question we will refer it to someone who can answer it. The reply will be sent you by mail or will appear in the columns of Califoknia Fish and Game, at your pleasure. "The United States is not yet ours in the proudest sense, and can not be until we are doing all that can be done to give to all its people and to the world the full expression of its high- est intelligence applied alike to its re- sources and to the life of the people." —Franklin K. Lane. WILL YOU DO YOUR SHARE? riease read again the above quotation by Franklin K. Lane, Secretary of the Interior, and emphasize the words "full expression" and "resources." What is California's "full expression of its highest intelligence applied to its fish and game resources?" Is it the still noticeable dis- regard for protective laws? The notice- able waste of a valuable food supply? The neglect of valuable species reduced to the danger point? The tolerance of the game hog? No! The full expression of California's highest intelligence is more than this. With the convening of the legislature this month there is opened an- other chance to better game conditions and conserve for the future the wild life resources of the state. The goal sug- gested above can only be reached when all the people of the state take an interest in fish and game and do their share toward its realization. See that your representatives believe in "conservation" and back up their belief with action. Do your share! WHAT DO YOU WISH TO KNOW ABOUT FISH AND GAME? The Bureau of Education, Publicity and Research of the California Fish and
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CARL WESTFUFELD. NEW EXECUTIVE OFFICER. At a called meeting of the State Fish and Game Commission, held at Sacra- mento on December 8, 1916, Carl Wester- feld, fish and game commissioner since November, 1911, resigned as commis- sioner and Mr. Edward L. Bosqui of San Francisco was appointed by Governor Johnson to fill the vacancy. The com- mission then appointed Mr. Westerfeld as executive officer to succeed Ernest Schaeffle, who resigned in September, 191G. All who know Mr. Westerfeld are congratulating the commission on its choice and the whole state on its good fortune in obtaining the services of so capable a man. Carl Westerfeld was born in San Fran- cisco and has lived in that city all of his life, with the exception of the few years spent at college. He took his A.B. at Yale University in 1893, and in 1896 3—27333