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YOU CAN HUNT THE YEAR ROUND IN ALASKA
March 18-24 has been designat
ed as National Wildlife Week, by
proclamation of Gov. William
Egan.
If you want to celebrate Na
tional Wildlife Week by harvest
ing some of Alaska's prolific wild
game or fish, you have a choice
of at least ten varieties of big
game including Caribou (and
feral reindeer) in Unit 9 (Aiaska
Peninsula) and on Atlea and Um
nak Islands on the Aleutian
Chain. You also have a choice of
four varieties of bear — black,
brown, grizzly and polar bear sea
sons are all open and of those
that hibernate, several have been
reported as out and aronnd.
If you're really the rugged type
you could also go after wakus,
which is open in the area from
the Kuskoquim to Point Barrow.
There are also at least five varie
ties of seals, sea lions and belluga
whales that are fair game at this
time of year. Get a good guide
and make sure your life insurance
i is paid up.
For the more normal low in
■ coma-type hunter there is grouse,
j ptarmigan and snow-shoe rabbits.
The “Spruce Hen” (grouse)
tastes pretty much like pitch this
time of year so its better to stick
to the ptarmigan and snowshoe
rabbit (which is really a hare).
During the colder weather the
ptarmigan invaded the lower
reaches of the Kenai Peninsula,
but since the weather moderated
they have largely moved back to
the low foothills. Look foir them
around willow stands, and rose
bush patches and if you can get
to Hie area where you picked
berries last year you’ll probably
find a flock. You will find t-he
Snowshoe Hare in .the same
places, especially where there are
willows. As matter-of-fact the
Snowshoe is on the up-grade on
the Kenai Peninsula, and you'll
find them most everywhere.
;-Take your snmvshoes, the snow
f» deep and, you won’t get very
far without, them, and some sort
ff a paeksack to carry your lunch
in going out and your game com
ing back makes the trip more
pleasant.
For the fanatical type fisher
man, there are all kinds of ice
fishing, and if you stock up on
enough internal anti-freeze there
is a good chance that you could
last long enough to hook a King
Salmon at Seward or Homer.
Chances are better at Seward
right now, but the Kachemak Bay
run is building up.
There are lots of other fishing
possibilities but more about that
next week.
If all this hunting and fishing
has worn you plumb out, it would
be a good idea to save at least
one day of National Wildlife
Week to take an inventoy of your
freezer and cook up an all wild
game dinner. For a nice touch
dress up the dinner with a rice
oran berry ring made with those
cranberries you picked last sum
mer. Recipe for same appears
elsewhere in this issue of the
Cheeehako'. News. .
THE CHEECHAKO GUIDE.
State Foresters
Plan Alaska Meet
The Association of State For
esters will hold its 1963 annual
meeting in Alaska, Governor Wil
liam A. Egan was advised today.
Association President R. C.
Wible, responding’ to an invita
tion extended by the Governor
last fall, advised Egan that the
association’s executive committee
“unanimously approved your in
vitation and directed me to ex
tend our deepest appreciation for
your thoughtfulness."
“We are looking forward with
great anticipation for our 1963
annual meeting in our new State
of Alaska,” Wible said.
Site and date of the convention
have not !«ti determined. The
annual ga^hgriog -wuljw. draw art
attendance’pf 100 per
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Caribou Herds
Increase on Adak
The band of caribou introduced
to Adak Island, in the western
Aleutians, has increased from the
original 23 animals to 36.
The parent group was caught
as calves in the Nelchina and Eu
reka areas of Alaska in 1958 and
1959. It was a joint project con
ducted by U. S. Armed Forces
and the U. S. Fish and Wildlife
Service. The calves were delivered
to Adak where a group of dedi
cated U. S. (Marines bottle fed
them until weaned. The U. S. Fish
and Wildlife Service was repre
sented in this past of the project
by the staff of the Aleutian Is
lands National Wildlife Refuge.
Nine calves were released in
1958 and fourteen more in 1959.
The first calves bom on Adak ap
peared in 1960 and the second in
1961. Despite losses, one of which
was to entanglement in wire, the
little band has made an increase
ol 50 per cent m two years.
The band was visited January
8, 1902, by Navy Chief John R.
Kengas and Aleutian Islands Na
tional Wildlife Refuge Manager
Robert I). Jones, Location of the
animals was radioed that morning
by a departing 1J. S. Navy patrol
aircraft to the U. ri. S. Molela
carrying the party of two to the
western shores of Adak. From
there it was a snowshoe trek in
land until the band was reached.
The older animals apparently still
remember their early care for
they freely approached the vis
itors to stand in a semicircle and
sniff the air. The herd bull ap
proached and demonstrated such
an aggressive attitude that it was
necessary to punch his nose. After
this the graceful animal stayed
out of range.
Pacific Fiyway
Wintering Wildlife
Estimates Decline
A decline of .7 ptv cent in the
estimated number cf wintering
waterfowl in the Pacific Flyway,
compared with a year ago, was
reported today by the Department
of the Interior. The decrease was
due primarily to a 5 per cent
decline in ducks observed and a
40 per cent drop in coots. The
number of geese observed was up
11 per cent. Whistling swans, a
fully-protected bird, were 20 per
cent below the number seen in
19151.
Redheads and canvasbaeks,
even though protected by com
plete hunting closures, declined
53 and 21 per cent, respectively.
The 1902 estimates are based
upon the annual winter survey
made by the Bureau of Sport
Fisheries and Wildlife, Fish and
Wildlife Service, and cooperating
State and Federal agencies.
Within the flyway, small gains
were noted in Washington, Idaho,
and on the west coast of Mexico.
Small to moderate declines were
noted in tne remaining areas, in
cluding Alaska, British Columbia,
Oregon, Nevada, California, Utah
and Arizona.
A total of 379 State and Fed
eral observers participated in
this annual survey of wintering
waterfowl. In addition to car and
boat travel, 40 aircraft were used
for aerial observation. Flights, to-.
.......
vry is ..to obtain an indication of
watei fowl population trends and
to estimate the waterfowl re
maining after the close of the
hunting' season, as well as to re
cord changes in the. wintering
distribution pattern of ducks and
geese from year to year.
DIVIDEND income
Dividends received by taxpay
ers during 1961 must be reported
on their Federal income tax re
turns, Lewis J. Conrad, Director
of Internal Revenue for the An
chorage district, has announced.
Taxpayers who have any ques
tions about dividend income may
get Document No. 5060, '‘Invest
ment Income,’* by writing to the
Interna] Revenue Office, Box
1500, Anchorage, Conrad said.
Other questions concerning Fed
eral income tax returns may also
be obtained from the same office.
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Alaska
Tests New
Grain Cross
COLLEGE — An agronomist of
world-wide fame who worked in
Alaska from 1945 through 1951
is still contributing- to the 49th
state. He is Dr. Basil Bensin,
now of Farmingdale, N. J.
I>r. Rensin, who celebrated his
81st birthday on Feb. 12, recently
arranged a special exhibit of
grain varieties grown at the Fair
banks Experiment Station for
U. 8, Sen, E. L. (Bob) Bartlett’s
office in Washington, D. G. He
also presented to Dr. Arvo Kal
lio, hortculturist at the experi
ment farm, an autographed copy
of his “Agroeeological World Ge
ography” which was printed in
“Bkdogia II (1950-51).”
tee-os oi a new cereal ( mu
cum tritieale, Pisarev) have been
sent, to Dr. Bensin by Prof. Victor
E. Pisarev, director of the plant
breeding expei i merit station near
Moscow. Dr. Bensin has arranged
with the U. S. Bureau of Plant
Industry 'cr special investigative
work for the development and
introduction of the new cereal to
the northern U. S. and Alaska.
Professor Pisarev’s new cereal
is a cross of wheat and Siberian
rye, a so-called amphidlplokl 56
ehromosones wheat adapted to
northern climates, Professor Pi
sarev is the former director of
the Eastern Siberian Experiment
Station, Tulum, Irkutsk Region,
and introduced spring wheat Kho
got to the Fairbanks Experiment
Station in 1914 following the re
quest of the director of the Alas
kan Expo, iment Stations.
Khogot has been used in the
Tan ana V alley for over 30 years
as the best adapted spring wheat
matured under unfavorable sea
son’s conditions by experiments
of the late Dr. George W. Casser.
Agronomist Bensin has au
thored several original works.and
reports on Alaska agriculture and
his research in Alaska. He also
has conducted agricultural ex
plorations in Central Asia, Mex
ico and Czechoslovakia.
His works on Alaska include
the following titles: “Agroecolog
ical Analysis of the Crop Plants
Root System in the Tan ana Val
ley Region of Alaska,’’ “Thermal
and Photo-Coefficients for Vari
ous Crops and Varieties Grown
in Alaska,” “Agricultural Possi
bilities of A laska,” “Alaska s Na
ture. Climate and Agriculture,”
“Problems of Agricultural Micro
climatology in Alaska,” “Ag o
Climatolog’iral Investigations in
the Permafrost Region of the
Tanana Valley, Alaska,” “Created
“Microclimate for Growing Vege
tables in Alaska.” “Growing
Warm Season Vegetables in Alas
ka,” “Warm Weather Crops in
Alaska," “Fiftieth Anniversary of
the Fairbanks Agricultural Ex
periment Station. 1957,” "Solar
Energy Trapping Device for
Alaska,” “Arctic Garden Solar
Reflectors and Radiators for
Northern Climates” and “Coal
Dust for Alaskan Gardens.”
Dr. Bensin was bom in Russia
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The 1961 fur seal harvest in
the Pribiloff Islands, conducted
by the Bureau of Sports Fisheries
and Wildlife, yielded 97,091 skins
valued at $2,839,862, of which the
State of Alaska will get 70 per
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