Conservation Chief Targets Farmers with Tree Planting Plan
The Conservation Department allocates two million dollars annually from fishing and hunting license fees with some federal forestry aid. About 750000 fishing licenses and 500000 hunting licenses have been sold this year, including 25000 out of state licenses. The department highlights Illinois wildlife figures and cooperative rearing of quail pheasant and other species for release.
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Illinois
Illinois conservation chief charts wider wildlife program
Leonard Schwartz, appointed director of conservation in Illinois, aims to boost habitats and public education to grow wild game, fishing, and outdoor recreation. He highlights stream pollution controls, forest and hedge planting, and a 400-person staff conducting training and junior conservation programs.
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Leonard Schwartz
Illinois
College of the Pacific to Face Baylor in Press Club Bowl
The College of the Pacific is set to play Baylor in a first annual Press Club Bowl conditional on player ratification. An informal agreement places the game either at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco on January 2 or Memorial Stadium in Berkeley on December 26, with Leo C. Lee of the San Francisco press club noting the plans.
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College of the Pacific
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Berkeley
Pioneering Illinois fishing and recreation push expands state facilities
The department enlarges public fishing facilities and unveils a 200 acre lake west of Murphysboro. It distributes 15 million game fish annually to streams and lakes. Director Schwartz, a tireless leader, favors recreation as a major state industry especially in southern counties. A Cairo delegation notes hunters spending about 96 dollars per wild goose, boosting local merchants.
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