Louisiana Conservationist, Vol. 19

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Excerpt from Louisiana Conservationist, Vol. 19: May-June 1967On December 1, 1966, the Commission acquired acres of land bordering Red River in the southern part of Concordia Parish. This tract, known as the Red River Wildlife Management Area was purchased with funds from the Russell Sage Foundation Account for a sum of An additional 800 acres were leased, without fee, from the Concordia Parish School Board to be included in the wildlife manage ment program.In an area where the woodland acreage is de creasing at a fantastic rate, perpetuating wild life for future generations poses a tremendous problem for the Louisiana Wild Life and Fisher ies Commission. The basic problem becomes that of trying to soften the impact that man is mak ing on our natural resources. The purchase of areas such as the Red River Wildlife Manage ment Area to be set aside for game management purposes will compensate in part for the great losses in bottomland hardwood type habitat.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.