UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE Circular No. 5 fy' ii^iMcC^m Issued April 1943 ORGANIZATIONS AND OFFICIALS CONCERNED WITH WILDLIFE PROTECTION: 1942 Compiled by Harry C. Oberholser Division of Public Relations, Fish and Wildlife Service CONTENTS I'age Introduction 1 Newfoundland Government organizations 2$ United States Government organizations 2 Organizations in Mexico. 2* General non-government organizations 5 Organizations in the West Indies 24 Organizations in States and Territories 8 Organizations in Central America 24 Canadian Government organizations 22 Organizations in South America 24 Organizations in Canadian Provinces and Territories 22 INTRODUCTION Following the practice of the Bureau of Biological Survey, the Fish and Wildlife Service issues this, the forty-first edition of the directory of organizations and officials concerned with wildlife pro- tection. It is designed to meet the needs of officials charged with the administration and enforcement of fish and game laws, and is also for the convenient use of persons desiring to communicate with officials and organizations concerning wdldlife conditions in the several States and Territories, the Canadian Provinces and Territories, New^foundland, Mexico, the West Indies, Central America, and South America. Including chiefly the organizations that are national or State-wide in character, the directory follows the general form of previous editions.^ Details regarding the seasons for migratory game bird hunting and restrictions thereon may be obtained from the Fish and Wildlife Service, Chicago, Ifiinois. 1 Previous editions, as follow, may be consulted at many public libraries: Those issued by the United States Department of Agriculture, 1900-14, in Circulars of the Bureau of Biological Survey; 1915-18, in Doc- uments of the Bureau of Biological Survey; 1919-26, in Department of Agriculture Circulars; and ]927-:« fwith the exception of 1932, when no edition was published), in Miscellaneous Publications of that Dex)art- ment; that issued by the Department of the Interior, for 1939, in the Wildlife Circular series of the Bureau of Biological Survey; and for 1940 in the same series, but by the Fish and Wildlife Service. No directory -^ was published in 1941. 497741—43 1 1 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE Circular No. 5 ^X'^>^^^^^ Issued April 1943 ORGANIZATIONS AND OFFICIALS CONCERNED WITH WILDLIFE PROTECTION: 1942 Compiled bj^ Harry C. Oberholser Division of Public Relations, Fish and Wildlife Service CONTENTS Page Page Introduction 1 Newfoundland Government organizations 2S; United States Qovernnient organizations 2 Organizations in Mexico 24 General non-government organizations - 5 Organizations in the West Indies 24 Organizations in States and Territories 8 Organizations in Central America 24 Canadian Government organizations 22 Organizations in South America 24 Organizations in Canadian Provinces and Territories 22 INTRODUCTION FolloAving the practice of the Bureau of Biological vSurvey, the Fish and Wildlife Service issues this, the forty-first edition of the directory of organizations and officials concerned with wildlife pro- tection. It is designed to meet the needs of officials charged with the administration and enforcement of fish and game laws, and is also for the convenient use of persons desiring to communicate with officials and organizations concerning wildlife conditions in the several States and Territories, the Canadian Provinces and Territories, Newfoundland, Mexico, the West Indies, Central America, and South America. Including chiefly the organizations that are national or State-wide in character, the directory follows the general form of previous editions.^ Details regarding the seasons for migratory game bird hunting and restrictions thereon may be obtained from the Fish and Wildlife Service, Chicago, Illinois. ' Previous editions, as follow, may be consulted at many public libraries: Those issued by the United States Department of Agriculture, 1900-14, in Circulars of the Bureau of Biological Survey; 1915-18, in Doc- uments of the Bureau of Biological Survey; 1919-26, in Department of Agriculture Circulars; and 1927-38 (with the exception of 1932, when no edition was published), in Miscellaneous Publications of that Depart- ment; that issued by the Department of the Interior, for 1939, in the Wildlife Circular series of the Bureau of Biological Survey; and for 1940 in the same series, but by the Fish and Wildlife Service. No directory was published in 1941. -^ 497741—43 1 1 2 FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE^ CIRCULAR NO. 5 Persons contemplating hunting or fishing trips should also commu- nicate with the appropriate State officials for information as to State laws or regulations. The fish and game laws of the several States and Canadian Provinces may be obtained on request to the proper officials, listed herein. Communications concerning violations of the Federal fish and game laws and regulations should be addressed to the regional directors of the Fish and Wildlife Service in the several areas, listed on page 3, or to the Director, Fish and Wildlife Service, Chicago, 111. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS Migratory Bird Conservation Commission. Fish and Wildlife Service—Continued. [Considers and passes upon lands and waters rec- In August 1942, headquarters of the Fish and ommended by the Secretary of the Interior for Wildlife Service was removed to Chicago, purchase or rental for use as migratory bird Illinois, and this, therefore, unless otherwise refuges and fixes the price at which such area or stated, is the address of its offices and officials areas may be purchased or rented.] listed below.] Chairman, Harold L. Ickes, Secretary of the Director, Ira N. Gabrielson. Interior. Assistant directors: Claude P.. Wickard, Secretary of Agriculture. Albert M. Day. .Tesse H, Jones, Secretary of Commerce. Charles E. Jackson. Georee L. RadclifTe, United States Senate. Chief counsel, Donald J. Chaney. Charles L. McNary, Fnited States Senate. Division of: John J. Cochran, House of Representatives. Administration. James Wolfenden, House of Reprc si'niativrs. Chief, W. R. Dillon. Secretary, Rudolph DieiTenbach, Fish and \\ ddlife Assistant chiefs, Thomas E. Jacoby and S. C. Service, Department of the Interior, Chicago, 111. Moore. Accounts, Frederick A. Anderson. Senate Special Committee on Conservation of Personnel, . Wildlife Resources. Records and communications, William S. Hobbs. Bennett Clark, of Missouri. Chairman, Champ Procurement, Kenneth A. Lawrence. chairman, Charles L. McNary, of Oregon. Vice Service and training, acting in charge, John R. Harrv F. Byrd. of Virginia. Van. Houten. Josiah Bailey, of North Carolina. W. Budgetary control, Edith J. Smith. of Maine. Wallace H. White, Jr.. Equipmenfengineer, Rudolph O. Gustafson. Huches, of Delaware. James H. Public Relations. Carl D. Shoemaker, 117-B Senate Secretary, Chief, H. P. Sheldon. Building, Washington, D. C. Office Alaska Fisheries. Chief, Ward T. Bower. Special Committee Wildlife Cc House Assistant chief, Paul E. Thompson. servation. Fishery management supervisor, Clarence L. Chairman, A. Willis Robertson, of Virginia. Olson, P. O. Box 1091, Juneau, Alaska. S. Otis Bland, of Vircinia. Superintendent of Pribilof Islands. Edward C. Frank H. Buck, of California. Johnston, 70*) Federal Building, Seattle, James P. Richards, of South Carolina. Wash. William H. Sulphin, of New Jersey. Fishery Biology. John D. Dingell, of Michigan. Chief, Elmer Higgins. John J. Cochran, of Maryland. Assistant chief, Edward W. Bailey. Hampton P. Fulmer, of South Carolina. North Atlantic fishery investigations, William James M. Barnes, of Illinois. C. Harrington, 42 DeWolfe Street, Cam- Herbert C. Bonner, of North Carolina. bridge, Mass. August H. Andresen, of Minnesota. Middle Atlantic fishery investigations, Robert James Wolfenden, of Pennsylvania. A. Nesbit, College Park, Md. W. Stcrlinc Cole, of New York. Shrimp investigations, Milton J. Lindner, Pehr G. Holmes, of Massachusetts. 1009 Masonic Temple, New Orleans, La. Homer D. Angell, of Oregon. North Pacific fishery investigations, Harlan C. W. (Runt) Bishop, of Illinois. B. Holmes, 2725 Montlake Boulevard, Clerk. Elizabeth Bond, 448 House Office Building, Seattle, Wash. Washington, D. C. Alaska fishery investigations, George B. Publications. — Boar.nps (annual); report to the Kelez. Acting in charee, Joseph T. Barnaby, Congress (biannual). 2725 Montlake Boulevard, Seattle. Wash. South Pacific fishery investigations, Oscar E. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT Sctte, 450 B, Jordan Hall, Stanford Univer- OF THE INTERIOR sity, Calif. Great Lakes fishery investigations, John Ann Secretary. Harrld L. Ickes. Van Oosten, University Museums, Arbor. Mich. Fish and Wildlife Service, Chicago, 111. Water oualilv invest ig:itions. Max M. Ellis, [The Fish and Wildlife Service %vas estaVilished 101 Willis Avenue. Columbia, Mo. Herbert S. Davis, June 30, 1040, by consolidation of the former Aquicultural investigations, Bureau of Biological Survey and the Bureau of Kearney sville, W. Va. GaltsoH, Fisheries. Jurisdiction over game and other Shellfish investigations, Paul S. birds and mammals was authorized by the College Park, Md. Lacey Act, approved May 25, 1900, as amended, Fish Culture. and over birds migrating between the United Chief. Milton C. James. and Mexico, by the Migratory Assistant chief, O. Lloyd Meehean. States, Canada, Edward Bird Treaty Act, approved July 3, 1918, as Superintendent of fish distribution,