Proceedings of Southeastern Fish and Wildlife Conference
Prior to 2013, SEAFWA published the Proceedings of annual conferences. In 2014, SEAFWA began publishing the peer-reviewed Journal of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.
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Planning And Funding A Comprehensive Law Enforcement Officer Training Program "What he don't know won't hurt him." How often we hear that quote, yet how ridiculously false it is. It is the lack of knowledge or the misuse of the knowledge one possesses which produces undesirable results. Those charged with the responsibility of planning law enforcement training programs should ask themselves two questions: 1. What is training? 2. What is the objective of law enforcement officer training? To train is to form by instruction, discipline or drill or to teach so as to make fitted, qualified or proficient.
Pages 665-673 |
1972 |
The Military Type Of Organization As Applied To State Wildlife Enforcement Agencies I would like to point out the advantages of the military type of organization whcre utilizcd in Wildlifc Law Enforcement Agencies, and even as Ido so, would like to stress the importance of such agencies in allowing their agents, conservation officers, rangers or whatever title is given the "old gamc warden" in your respective states; a certain latitude, independence of action, and freedom from top levcl, official direction and command as far as practicable.
Pages 674-675 |
1972 |
Webster defines "reorganization" as: 1. an act of reorganizing or state of being reorganized. 2. the reconstruction of a business firm. The definition of the word barely takes up three lines of space in the half column of a dictionary page. but there is one helluva lot of difference between definition and deed. It had been almost thirty years since the last reorganization of the natural resources agencies in Maryland. At that time there was one agency, the Maryland Conservation Department.
Pages 675-679 |
1972 |
The late FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover said, "Conservation law enforcement is probably the most hazardous type of law enforcement in the United States today." Probably no other law enforcement agency sends its men into the field with so little formal training as do state conservation agencies. For instance, most of the 14 Southeastern states do not require education above the high school level for conservation officers and these states do not have any basic requirements of training in conservation oriented fields or law enforcement.
Pages 680-681 |
1972 |
Research Needs Of Law Enforcement—Some Suggestions Gentlemen, I am pleased to have been invited by Chief Tucker Brown to address this group of professionals who comprise an important part of the state game and fish agencies of the several southeastern states. Since I choose to present this paper subjectively, rather than in the traditional form of the scientific paper, perhaps I should offer some credentials At present, I am a university professor of biology. Most of my time is spcnt supervising graduate studics relating to fisheries and game biology.
Pages 681-685 |
1972 |
The Potential Of Computer Analysis Of Enforcement Effort By breaking up and assembling enforcement information into useful relationships. we can examine its contents and make logical conclusions. To do this, we need assistance because the human brain is very limited in its capacity to breakup. sort and assemble large amounts of information. The human mind is also influenced by personal opinions and is inclined to become confused by unrelated side issues. Therefore. we need a device to assist us which does not have these human faults. That device is the computer.
Pages 686-702 |
1972 |
Like many other activities carried out by State fish and game departments, hunter safety programs began to expand and became a significant activity only after World War II. The late 1940's and early '50's saw substantial increases in numbers of hunters, hunter participation, and overall expansion of State fish and game department programs and budgets. Several States got into hunter safety training in those early years, others are just now beginning. Lack of adequate funding has always been, and likely always will be, a major problem in fish and game management.
Pages 703-706 |
1972 |
Firearms Training And The Conservation Enforcement Officer The Conservation Enforcement Officer is today faced with a challenge that all law enforcement officers face. This is the growing trend of disrespect and disregard for our laws, law officers and the rights of others. This is a trend that we have seen developing in this country, particularly over the past decade. We have seen several of our major cities torn by violence. Our college campuses have become a place for many of our young people to demonstrate and make demands, and when these demands are not met, these same young people go on burning, pillaging and looting sprees.
Pages 706-709 |
1972 |
Historically, the Michigan conservation officer has worked as the situation dictated- a concept of total job responsibility- i.e., he worked 7 days a week if necessary, or as many hours daily as required, to fulfill the sundry functions of responsibility in his assigned work zone. I can recall when I started with the Department in 1941 that officers were required to work seven days a week. There was a job to do and we worked as the job demanded.
Pages 709-713 |
1972 |
Water & Boating Safety Administered By A Conservation Agency In 1960 when the Georgia Legislature considered what agency or agencies were most properly prepared to perform this function, several were considered. The agency favored by most during the initial phase of debate was the Department of Public Safety. The most constructive argument was that they were a well organized, trained and supervised organization. It was reasoned that such an organization could quickly assimilate specialized training outside of their normal duties and, therefore, could assume the additional responsibilities with a minimum of delay. Pages 713-715 |
1972 |
Presentation To Southeastern Association Of Game & Fish Commissioners Gentlemen: Certainly, most of you are aware that the State of Mississip'pi is one of the few states that has created a separate state agency charged with the sole function of Boat and Water Safety Administration, I am sure that many of you are expecting me to have some dramatic spill as to the advantages of this individuality, I don't intend to dwell on that. I address my remarks about our organization, its operations, effectiveness, cost, and impact on the boating public, In so doing I will talk about both advantages and disadvantages of administering water safety.
Pages 716-718 |
1972 |
Florida's Experience With Full-Time Undercover Investigators And Full Police Powers The use of undercover investigators is not a new concept in the field of wildlife law enforcement, however, the concept of full-time undercover investigators (as used in Florida) may be an innovation to further enhance the effectiveness of our chosen profession. Full police powers by wildlife officers is also not an entirely new concept in wildlife law enforcement. It is interesting to note, however, that, at this time only twelve (12) of the fifty-one (51) states have taken the necessary legislative action to give their wildlife officers full police power status.
Pages 718-724 |
1972 |
When Larry Richardson asked me to present a paper at this conference, he gave me a general idea of what he wanted me to expound on. In essence, it was days of converting the findings and writings of our wildlife biologists to laymens language for public consumption in our news releases, magazines and through out radio and TV boradcasts. Today's public is better educated and hep to modern technology than we in the business of Information are prone to give them credit.
Pages 725-728 |
1972 |
Symposium — "TV And Thee" "An Abstract" The impact of television as a mass media has been a powerful force in this country. Probably no other media has had such a powerful effect in such a short existence. In the wildlife public relations business, we are constantly looking for media which will present our programs in a sharp, specialized and pinpointed approach to an audience. Nowhere is this more applicable than in television. What other medium has such a widespread captive audience. Ninety-six out of every 100 American homes has one or more television sets.
Pages 725-725 |
1972 |
Why We Did What We Did: A Readership Analysis of a Wildlife Conservation Magazine According to the American Association for Conservation Information, 44 states now publish magazines that may be loosely categorized as "conservation" magazines. The range of specific types within this broad category is fantastic. The group includes rather technical publications on wildlife and fisheries management techniques and research projects, "slick" promotional and travel magazines, and those stressing the environmentalist approach. Almost without exception, they share one rather questionable quality — they are published without the benefit of knowledge of who the readers are. Pages 728-735 |
1972 |
The Changing Face Of I & E Part I Twenty years or so ago, I & E sections of most state fish and wildlife agencies did little more than issue an occasional news release and publish a hunting and fishing magazine. The news releases, for the most part, were announcements of hunting seasons or changes in fishing regulations and although sports editors, in Kentucky, gave them good play, they were seldom considered real "news." The magazines were generally black and white publications with a newspapertype format.
Pages 736-738 |
1972 |
The Changing Face Of I & E Part II Over the past few years, the phrase "enclangered species" has gained tremendous usage III the nati6nal media. It is a popular phrase with a multitude of interest groups: certain preservationists use it in attributing wildlife decreases to hunters; and at least one national gun sport organization claims that hunters are the endangered species; and some universal thinkers stoutly maintain that Man himself is now number one on the endangered list.
Pages 738-741 |
1972 |
The Success Of TV Spot Announcements In my opinion, the best communications device for informing the public of particularly important messages is through the use of television PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS, also referred to as "spots" or simply "P.S.A.'s". The old cliche, "a picture is worth a thousand words," comes into play and with T.V. spots you have both - picture and words. I realize that there is no substitute for newspaper news releases. P.S.A.'s cannot be produced and distributed in a day as news releases can.
Pages 741-742 |
1972 |
Common Problems Of Conservation Magazine Editors
Pages 743-748 |
1972 |
Motivation is not a new word in the English language, but only in the past decade or so has it come into common usage. This recent usage probably came about by psychologists, school teachers, and parents who wonder whether their offspring will be sufficiently motivated to make a success of their lives. My dictionary defines "motivate" as "to provide with a motive; to impel; to incite." Motivation is a noun form of the transitive verb "motivate." So, we want to motivate people, perhaps impel them. It is doubtful that we should incite them except in extreme emergencies.
Pages 748-750 |
1972 |
It is indeed an honor and a pleasure to deliver the president's message of this Silver Anniversary meeting of the Southeastern Association of Game and Fish Commissioners, the best regional association in the United States! Will those who attended the first meeting please stand to be recognized. I have been privileged to be associated with the Southeastern since 1947, having been hired as a game biologist in Kentucky shortly after the Association's first conference. Those who attended that meeting in Florida were still talking about it years later.
Pages 1-3 |
1971 |
President Gale, Chairman Eltzroth, distinguished program members, ladies and gentlemen. It is with great pleasure that I welcome each of you to South Carolina. I am also pleased that the Southeastern Association of Game and Fish Commissioners chose the City of Charleston for its 1971 Conference. My only hope is that you will not hurry home immediately following the close of your meetings, but will stay with us for the remainder of the week and enjoy the many recreational opportunities that South Carolina has to offer.
Pages 3-5 |
1971 |
An Overview of Destructive Forces in Fish and Wildlife Habitat I appreciate the opportunity to meet with the Southeastern Association at this conference marking a quarter of a century of effective environmental efforts. Little did that small group who met 25 years ago foresee that this Association would grow into the strong viable organization it is today-respected as the vanguard association of its kind. Congratulations on your silver anniversary! You fish and game people are the front line troops in the conservation and environmental struggle.
Pages 5-10 |
1971 |
Coastal And Estuarine Problems Being associated with MARINE RESOURCES in the State of South Carolina, I am here this morning to put a little salt in your program. Perhaps the first thing that I need to do is give a general definition of an estuary and the coastal zone area.
Pages 11-17 |
1971 |
It's a pleasure for me to be here today. I had a prepared talk and last night I decided that isn't what I wanted to say, so I tore it up and got it down in notes, so I am going to talk off the cuff this morning. I'd like to take issue with one point that the Mayor made when he said that the group here was primarily interested in fish and wildlife. I think that is only partially true, I think this group here is primarily interested in people and in people's relationship with fish and wildlife.
Pages 14-17 |
1971 |
Forages Eaten By Deer In The Southeast An analysis was made of 956 rumen samples collected from whitetailed deer in the Appalachian Mountain, Piedmont, and Coastal Plain provinces in the Southeast during the four seasons. The study indicated that deer select the same type of diet seasonally although foraging in ecologically different areas. Hardened woody twigs had the lowest frequency of occurrence and lowest volume of all food categories. Green leaves of woody plants ranked highest in frequency of occurrence and volume. Mushrooms ranked third in frequency of occurrence and fifth in total volume.
Pages 18-46 |
1971 |
Quantity And Quality Of Japanese Honeysuckle On Arkansas Ozark Food Plots In the spring of 1968 Japanese honeysuckle was planted on four wildlife food plots in the Arkansas Ozarks. Two years later, with moderate fertilization and occasional mowing, this evergreen species produced 239 ovendry pounds of winter forage per acre, 12 times more than the surrounding forest. The nutrient quality of leaves was consistently high throughout the year. Leaves retained through the winter contained about 14 percent crude protein, more than eastern redcedar, flowering dogwood twigs, panic grasses, and pussytoes, the most common native forages eaten by deer during the winter.
Pages 47-53 |
1971 |
Some Characteristics Of White-Tailed Deer Reproduction In Arkansas During four years of deer collections from three areas in Arkansas, 550 female reproductive tracts were analyzed. Four hundred and twenty-six tracts collected during fall hunting seasons proved to be of little value. Of 124 does collected by spotlighting and from road kills in spring, 101 were pregnant. Eighty-nine of these were adult does and 12 were fawns. The mean conception date (MCD) of adult does from the northern study area was November 13-three weeks earlier than MCD in the central and southern areas. This was a highly significant difference.
Pages 53-65 |
1971 |
A Preliminary Report On White-Tailed And Black-Tailed Deer Crossbreeding Studies In Tennessee Hybridization of white-tailed and black-tailed deer was investigated over a three year period in Tennessee. White-tailed deer were placed in pens with black-tailed deer of the opposite sex, and hybrid deer were readily obtained. Hybrids were placed in pens with fertile, purebred white-tailed and black-tailed deer of the opposite sex. None of the hybrids produced young during their first year of life. During their second year of life, 50 percent of the hybrids produced young of which 66 percent were stillborn.
Pages 65-69 |
1971 |
Preliminary Study Of The Effects Of Dogs On Radio·Equipped Deer In A Mountainous Habitat A study was conducted on Mt. Mitchell Wildlife Management Area in w~stern North Carolina to determine the effects of dogs on movement patterns, behavior and mortality of radio-equipped deer in a rugged, mountainous habitat. Data were obtained from 11 of 15 radio-instrumented deer. Six were radio-monitored during the raccoon, bear and deer seasons and although four were legally harvested no mortality could be related to the effects of dogs. From February to July, eight of the radio-instrumented deer were subjected to 20 experimental chases by hunting hounds.
Pages 69-77 |
1971 |
Comparison Of Crippling Losses Of Whitetailed Deer Caused By Archery, Buckshot, And Shotgun Slugs Of the 126 deer killed by hunters within a 746-acre enclosure at Albany, Georgia, during a 10-year period, 24 (19 percent) were not found by the hunter. Archers lost 4 of 8 deer killed (50 percent), gunners using buckshot lost 16 of 61 (26 percent), and gunners using shotgun slugs lost only 4 of 57 (7 percent). Antlered bucks were lost at more than twice the rate of antlerless deer. Only 2 of the 24 lost cripples were fawns, the lowest rate recorded for any group. In both sexes, yearlings were lost at a higher rate than older deer.
Pages 77-82 |
1971 |
The Significance Of A "Time Lag" In Conducting A Postal Survey Of Archery Deer Hunters A postal survey of 301 archery deer hunters was conducted during April-May, 1970 to determine the utilization of South Carolina game management areas by archery hunters during 1969. The hunters were asked three questions; namely (1) the number of deer killed, (2) the number of visits made to the management areas, and (3) the number of hours spent while hunting deer.
Pages 82-85 |
1971 |
Summer Food Items Of Juvenile Wild Turkeys Food items were identified from crop contents of 21 juvenile wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris, Vieillot) collected in Clarke County, Alabama during July, August and September of 1965, 1966 and 1967. Estimated ages ranged from 45 days to 105 days with an average of 75 days. By volume, vegetable materials comprised 73.2 percent and animal materials 26.8 percent of the diet. Grasses, primarily seeds, represented 61.5 percent of the total volume with bahia grass (Paspalum notatum) seed comprising 48.6 percent.
Pages 85-89 |
1971 |
Laying Data And Nesting Behavior Of Wild Turkeys This paper reports on the behavior of nesting wild turkeys (Meleagris gaZZopavo osceola) obtained by radio-tracking 97 wild hens during the spring and summer of 1968 through 1971 on two study areas in Florida. More than 80 percent of the 71 nests found were in natural scrub vegetation. They were made when the hens scratched shallow depressions in the soil. A few leaves or other dried vegetation were placed by the hens with their bills over each newly laid egg just before the hens left their nests after laying.
Pages 90-106 |
1971 |
Propagation Of The American Alligator In Captivity Wild caught, captive alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) over a seven-year period exhibited a successful nesting rate of 48 percent in six pens maintained on Rockefeller Refuge. Hatching success in pens (56 percent) closely correlated the 58 percent determined for wild alligators inhabiting natural marsh. Pen construction methods, stocking rates, and maintenance techniques were implemented to simulate natural marsh conditions, thereby encouraging breeding and contributing to the well being of the alligators.
Pages 106-116 |
1971 |
The Foods And Feeding Habits Of Alligators From Fresh And Saline Environments In Louisiana Samples from fresh and saline waters in Louisiana showed little relation between foods eaten by young alligators and organisms available in these environments. Crustaceans were the principal foods in both freshwater and saline areas. Alligator stomachs from a freshwater area contained more than 6 times as much food as those from an adjacent saline area. The stomach capacity in the freshwater area was twice as great as in the saline area.
Pages 117-124 |
1971 |
A New Method For Capturing Alligators Using Electricity A study was initiated on Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge in order to investigate the possibility of using an electrical current as an aid in capturing alligators. A modified 110-220 volts-A.C. fish shocking unit and a 110-220 volts-D.C. pulsating unit were used in this study. Best results were obtained with the 110-220 volts-D.C. pulsating unit. This method is limited to areas of low water salinity and best results were obtained when the animal was partially exposed and the unit could be applied directly.
Pages 124-130 |
1971 |
Distribution And Relative Density Of The Red Wolf In Texas Summer and winter transects were run throughout the range of the red wolf (Canis rufus) along the Texas Gulf Coast utilizing a handcranked siren to elicit howling. The red wolf could be distinguished from the coyote (C. latram) by its patterns of vocalization. Slight confusion was caused by wolves which, located close to the siren barked like domestic dogs. No significant differences were detected between the effectiveness of the technique in winter or summer or between two or four-mile spacings of the howling posts along transects.
Pages 131-137 |
1971 |
Dove Proso Millet—New Mourning Dove Food? "Dove" proso millet (Panicum miliaceum L.), a new variety of proso millet, is being planted to attract doves in the Southeast. A food habit study was initiated to determine the desirability of dove proso as a mourning dove (Zenaidura macroura) food as compared with browntop millet (Panicum ram08um L.). Field trial plantings of equal acreages of dove proso and browntop millet were made in nine counties of South Carolina from 1966-1970. Crops of 152 mourning doves were collected and analyzed. Eighty-six of the crops were collected from a single trial field on Oakland Club, Berkeley County.
Pages 137-140 |
1971 |
Recovery Data From Pen-Raised Quail Released Before And During The Hunt Season A total of 1,915 bobwhite quail (Colinu8 v. virginianu8) was released on Belmont Game Management Area in South Carolina from 2 to 10 weeks prior to the advent of the 1969 hunt season. An additional 1,134 quail were released on the same area during January and February, 1970. The overall study area had been sub-divided into nine smaller compartments for "release" and "hunting" purposes. The hunting season extended from November 24, 1969 through March 2, 1970. Recovery data showed that 33.52 percent of the quail released prior to the hunting season were harvested during the hunting season.
Pages 140-147 |
1971 |
Bobwhite Quail: Total Hunter Kill Compared To Number Retrieved Thirty-one different hunters using 24 different bird dogs flushed 5691 bobwhites (Colinus virginianus) in 572 man hours of hunting. Hunters fired 2639 shots and retrieved 846 bobwhites (3.1 shots/bird retrieved). For every three birds in the bag, one dead or crippled bird was left in the field. All hunting was done on an area which had a bobwhite density greater than one bird per acre.
Pages 147-149 |
1971 |
The Influence Of Controlled Burning On Nesting Patterns Of Bobwhite In West Tennessee Controlled burning has been widely used for managing plant succession in the southeastern United States. This technique has been particularly useful for retarding the encroachment of hardwood species in plantations of southern pines (Pinus sp.), and for maintaining herbaceous plant associations in early stages of succession. The results of controlled burning generally have been favorable for bobwhite populations, whether the burning was done for their benefit or for managing pine.
Pages 149-155 |
1971 |
The study was undertaken to determine the fate of endrin in a food chain situation involving the soybean plant, Glycine, Max L. (Leguminosae), the Mexican bean beetle, Epilachna varivestis Muls. (Coccinellidae), and the eastern bobwhite quail, Colinus virginianus virginianus L. (Perdicidae). Beetles contaminated withendrin were force-fed to birds at 1 mg/kg/bird, in both acute (4 hr) and chronic (5 day) exposures. Contaminated beans were force-fed to birds at 0.015 mg/kg/ bird, in similar acute and chronic rates.
Pages 156-164 |
1971 |
Foreign Game Bird Stockings And Results In Virginia In order to determine the status of the Foreign Game Investigation Program in Virginia, an evaluation of releases was begun in 1969 and completed in 1971. All foreign game releases made between September 1958 and June 1969 were checked by District Biologists in 1969-70 fiscal year and a report completed which included species, sex and numbers of birds released; if birds still remained in area or when last seen; whether young were observed during 1969; distance birds moved; estimated numbers in area and limiting factors known to exist in the area.
Pages 165-175 |
1971 |
Habitat Effects On Monthly Foods Of Bullfrogs In Eastern Texas A bullfrog food habit study was conducted during 1969 in Nacogdoches County, Texas. Frogs were collected from two diverse vegetational types: (1) open habitat (farm ponds, lakes, and areas void of trees) and (2) wooded habitat (ponds, lakes, and river bottoms in heavily forested areas). There were 55 animal groups and 12 plant groups represented as food items in open habitat samples and 65 ani. mal groups and 20 plant groups in wooded habitat.
Pages 176-186 |
1971 |
Propagation, Release And Harvest Of Mallards At Remington Farms Artificially propagated mallards furnish most of the duck hunting for guests of Remington Arms Company, Inc., who hunt on 3145-acre Remington Farms. Each year some 6500 five-week old ducklings are released and fed to flight stage at three or four sites on the three miles of tidewater shoreline and 26 man-made ponds which range from one to 50 acres in size. Fall and winter foods are provided by flooded millet, grown for the purpose, and by waste corn, soybeans and other agricultural crops and wild plants.
Pages 187-190 |
1971 |
During the summers of 1969 and 1970, 668 Florida Ducks (Anas platyrhynchos julvigula, Ridgway) were banded from an inland and two coastal breeding populations. Of the 81 band returns, 51 (63.0%) were recovered 10 to 270 miles from the release sites. Most of the ducks (71.4%) were recovered within 49 miles of the release sites.
Pages 191-202 |
1971 |
Increasing A Wood Duck Nesting Population By Releases Of Pen-Reared Birds There is a growing interest in the use of pen-reared wood ducks (Aix sponsa) for establishing or increasing box-nesting populations in local areas. During a 3-year period (1967-1969), 67 pen-reared hens were released on the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, Maryland. These releases substantially increased the nesting population. Total population averaged less than 30 hens annually with a recruitment rate averaging less than seven between 1963 and 1967. Between 1968 and 1971, the nesting population averaged about 80 hens. Annual recruitment averaged 29 between 1969 and 1971.
Pages 202-206 |
1971 |
Ponds And Lakes Of The Louisiana Coastal Marshes And Their Value To Fish And Wildlife A survey of the Louisiana Coastal Area disclosed that ponds and lakes made up one-fourth of the area. The ponds and lakes ranged from less than 0.01 acre to over 400,000 acres and numbered 5.3 million. The study shows that the fresh, brackish and intermediate marshes were of high value to waterfowl because of high pond density and plant growth. Ponds and lakes in the saline marshes were of low value to most waterfowl, but of extreme importance to marine organisms.
Pages 206-215 |
1971 |
Pages 215-223 |
1971 |