SCOUTS AS GAME WARDENS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22262, 9 November 1935, Page 4 (Supplement)

SCOUTS AS GAME WARDENS

'A scheme is on foot for the Boy Scouts of the Province of Quebec, Canada, to be trained as junior fish and game wardens, under the charge of the Canadian Forestry Association, and the Province of the Quebec Fish and Game Protective Association. The great natural wealth of the Province ot Quebec in the way of fisheries fcnd game/ has b«en severely threatened Jby criminal carlessness and the recklessness of untrained hunters and fisherjnen. . At a recent survey of the Lake St. John district sufficient evidence was gathered to show that the wanton slaughter'of "wild animals was most serious, and most of this slaughter has been done regardless of the hunting season. In addition, severe forest fires have taken their toll of the wild life. The Scouts will operate in patrols and iwill be trained in the latest methods of dealing with forest fires and their prevention, and the older Scouts will be jfcaught how to handle canoes, how to Jight and put out ramp fires without danger to the forest nnd other branches jDf practical woodcraft. When trained it is hoped they will be fcblo to give valuable help toward educating hunters and fishermen.