FISHERIES BOARD PLANS ANNUAL MEET
The annual spring meeting of
the Alaska Fisheries Board has
been called for the week starting
February 27, according to word
received from C. L. Anderson, di
rector. Sessions will be held in
the office of the Alaska Depart
ment of Fisheries in Juneau.
The Board will review the find
ings and activities in watershed
management, biological research,
marine predator investigation
and control, engineering, inspec
tion and sport fish. The Fisheries
Department program for the en
suing year will be considered by
the Board, and it will adopt the
tentative budget to be presented
tj the legislature for the 1957-59
Territorial biennium. ‘‘As in the
past, the above are all open
meetings”, Director Anderson
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NOTES FROM YOUR
EXTENSION SERVICE
By Lew Hanks
The deadline for spring land
clearing has been extended until
May 1. If you will be clearing
land before then and wish to re
ceive cost shares for the expense
you should sign up at the Exten
sion office before April 1.
Plans for the Farm Forum are
shaping up fine. Don’t forget it
starts at the High School cafe
teria Friday afternoon, March 2.
There will be a public meet
ing ©f all farmers interested, in
the Agricultural Conservation
Program also. John Nash, Terri
torial ACP committee member, is
calling the meeting for Sunday
evening, March 4 after the Farm
Forum.
A short course in dairy man
agement is being offered farm
ers of the Matanuska Valley.
This course will start around
March 15. There will be about
two afternoon classes each week
at the Extension Service office.
Mr. Sweetman of the Experiment
Station will conduct the classes.
Well, most of the Valley is dig
ging out of our latest blow. We’ve
had more winds this winter than
I have ever seen. We can really
see where windbreaks make a
difference. There’s a lot of land
clearing being done during the
current years. When you start
clearing, just remember—it’s a lot
easier to leave a windbreak—
than to grow one.
stated, “and the public is invited
to attend any or all sessions of
the Board.”
Present members of the Alaska
Fisheries Board are J. H. Wake
field, chairman, Port Wakefield;
Kenneth D. Bell, Fairbanks; Rob
ert C. Kallenberg, Dillingham;
Nels E. Nelson, Ketchikan; and
Ira H. Rothwell, Cordova.
KEW VISITOR RECORD
SET AT MUSEUM
Travelers from every state in
the union and 42 foreign coun
tries toured the University of Al
aska museum during 1955 to set
a new visitor record of 30,817
Dr. Ivar Skarland, museum
director and head of the anthro
pology department, has disclosed
that this record compares with
28,673 for 1954, 28,068 for 1953
and 23,400 for 1952. He explained
that the total number each year
is actually higher because many
visitors decline to register when
they enter the museum in the
Eielson Memorial Building.
Top visitor month during 1955
was July when 5,898 persons sign
ed the register. Second highest
month was August with 4,474 reg
istrants. Lowest month last year
was November with 1,036 signa
tures.
Alaska provided the greatest
number of visitors from U. S.
possessions with a total of 11,555.
Hawaii was next with 61 and
Puerto Rico third with 25 regis
trants.
California furnished the great
est number of visitors from con
tinental United States with a to
tal of 2.439. Washington was
second with 1,542, and Texas
third with 1,005 persons. The
states in the lowest visitor brack
et were Delaware, 30; Maine, 95;
Nevada, 29; New Hampshire, 70;
Rhode Island, 51; Vermont, 23;
Wyoming, 79. All other states
were well over the 100 mark with
many of them close to 1,000.
Yukon Territory provided the
greatest number of visitors from
Canada with 93. British Colum
bia was a close second with 91.
All other provinces and North
west Territories were represented
to bring the Canadian total to 332.
Almost all major and many
minor points in Alaska were re
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presented, with Fairbanks sup
plying the greatest number—
4,894. Anchorage was the second
highest city with 1,421 visitors.
The various military bases also
provided many hundreds of vis
itors.
Foreign countries listed on the
registration book are Afghanis
tan, Australia, Austria, Bahamas,
Belgian Congo, Bermuda, British
Guinea, Canal Zone, Columbia,
Costa Rica, Czechoslovakia, Cuba,
Denmark, England, Ethopia, Fin
land, France Germany, and Hol
land.
Other foreign countries repre
sented are India, Ireland, Iran,
Japan, Latvia, Mexico, New
Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway,
Panama, Peru, Philippines, Sam
oa, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Swe
den, Switzerland, Thailand, Trin
idad, Venezuela, White Russia,
and Yugoslavia.
FEBRUARY 26
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