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INDIAN FISHING: An important decision was rendered by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Ninth Circuit this year, which will undoubtedly affect the ability of the Western
Coastal States to enforce state fish and game regulations upon Indians fishing out-
side their reservations. The Court placed the burden on the states to show that
unrestricted fishing would exhaust spawning beds and destroy important brood
stocks. The decision further suggests that the states should take all other fea-
sible means of protecting the stocks of anadromous fishes, including exclusion of
sport fishing by non-Indians, before considering restrictions on Indian fishing.
MANURE MENACE: Because of its potential as a disease-spreader to wildlife, poultry
manure, particularly that of domestic chickens and turkeys, will not be used as fer-
tilizer or top dressing on any lands serviced by the Dept. of Natural Resources. Such
fertilizer can result in the spread of parasites and serious diseases such as "black-
head," especially among wild populations of ruffed grouse, quail and turkey. The
Department urges poultry growers to burn or bury dead poultry to prevent possible
contamination of wild game-bird habitat. Blackhead infections are started by para-
sites contained in cecal egg worms. Infected birds pass large numbers of the worm eggs
in their droppings. In some localities the parasite may live within the droppings
for as long as two years, remaining a potential disease-spreader for that entire time.
DUCK STAMP DECLINE: The number of duck stamps sold in Texas during the first three
quarters (June 23, 1962, to March 29, 1963) of the Federal fiscal year 1963 was
44,360. During a comparable period the previous year, sales amounted to 61,733,
making a reduction this year of 28.14 per cent.
KEEP BOAT AFLOAT: A handy bailer for your fishing boat can be made from a plastic half-
gallon jug, the kind with a side handle. Screw the cap in place and cut off the base
of the jug to form a scoop.
WATER TEAMING: The University of Texas has established a Center for Research in Water
Resources, as an integral part of its teaching and research operations. The Uni-
versity has a long record of accomplishment in the water research field. By bring-
ing together all the components of the University that have previously functioned
independently in the general area of water resources, the State may be served even
more effectively.
SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW: For centuries, species of wildlife have been dying out in
Europe. The last wild aurochs, ancestor of our domestic cattle, died in Poland in
1627. The tarpan, or European wild horse, became extinct in 1878. Yet there are now
herds of both animals! They represent 30 years' painstaking work by two German
scientists, Dr. Heinz Heck and his brother, Dr. Lutz Heck. The principle on which
they worked was that if a wild animal had given rise by selective breeding to do-
mesticated breeds, then its heritable constitution must be preserved within these
breeds, one essential factor being found in one breed, a second in another, and so
on. Mediaeval drawings and descriptions, skeletons in museums, and ancient cave
drawings were studied. Journeys were made to many parts of Europe, during which
scientists examined and selected primitive domestic breeds. The assembled collec-
tion, each showing at least one of the traits of the wild ancestor, was crossed ac-
cording to a carefully planned breeding program. This has been successful in that
all the primitive factors have been combined in one strain for both the aurochs
and the tarpan. Both resurrected species are breeding true, and other character-
istics of the original wild species have also appeared. The aurochs, for example,
is more wild and dangerous than any domestic breed, and the hoofs of the tarpans
are harder than those of any domestic horse. One traveled 1,000 miles by road un-
shod and kept its hoofs in perfect condition. -Joan PearsallOCTOBER, 1963
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