Wisconsin School of the Air; Afield with Ranger Mac; 9

There was guns in school in there and but you know go of field where the Ranger. Today boys and girls you're going to learn about what the law says. And now to take you on another radio hike down the nature trail. Here's your guide Ranger Mack. Hello boys and girls. This is your day. So up underway a number of years ago I received a letter from a cradle here telling about his pet black back every day now for over a week. He writes I find that black bashed in the same place. I go down to see it after every day after school and I find it in the same spot. It doesn't seem to be a bit scared of me. That is a portion of the letter the letter came about the middle of May. If the boy had observed very closely he would have discovered that the bass was guarding against just a round saucer shaped space on the bottom that the male fish cleans out to

receive the eggs of the female fish. After the mother fish lays her eggs the father fish fertilizes them so that they can heights and then the father fish stands guard over them until they are high pitched by the heat of the sun. He was very attentive to his duty. He keeps planning the eggs that they will not stick to each other and he keeps diligent watch lest enemies come to devour the eggs. And that's what this black bastard was doing when the boy observed it. He fights out all comers fiercely. Anything that approaches the nest is attacked savagely and bitten off. If a man were to throw a bait and near the nest the father Bast would attack it not from hunger but to protect the aids. Out of pure instinctive devotion to his duty if the past is caught the exit

sure to be devoured by powers. It would be unsportsmanlike to take advantage of a fish like that. More than that it is illegal. The law steps in and says Thou shalt not. The law says we must not fish part past until after the middle of June. The authorities who have made this law know that past lay their eggs. It is called spawning after the sun has warmed the water in the spring. All laws governing fishing hunting and the taking of crabs and clams and the shooting of ducks and all other things are based upon the study of the life habits of the creatures. There is a cartoon. And the teacher's manual in the outline for today's broadcast. Our conservation warden

measuring a fish that a man has caught. The first woman is standing by with a scared look on a spaceport he is afraid that the fish may be too small to be a legal catch. The law in our state just gives at the smallest size of every kind of game creation that we can remove from the water. The intent of the law is to color is to cause us to remove the hook from the mouth of the fish in a careful and proper way then return the fish to the water to be of assist to grow to be of a size worthy of a catch. The proper way to remove the hook from such a fish is pursed to wet the hand that grasps the fish then remove the hook without injuring the gills for the gills are the delicate breathing organs of the fish. The body of the fish is covered with a slimy mucus. See creation.

Hey you know how difficult it is to hang on to a fish with your hands the slimy covering reduces the picture the friction of the whate'er making it possible for a fish to swim swiftly. It does more than that it protects the fish from bacteria and fungus powers that are everywhere in the water. When our hands are dry the mucus sticks to them comes off from the body of the fish and the body of the fish is exposed to disease and the life of the fish is endangered. In my hands I have a book entitled Wisconsin conservation laws. It is a book of over 300 pages of small type. It deals with all manner of things to me related to the outdoors. In it we find a law requiring the teaching of conservation in the public

schools of the state. Ranger Mack wants you to see that these that without these laws each person would be allowed to go is own sweet way and our fish game trees progs crabs clams plowers waters and other gifts of nature would be without protection. As I look through this book I found that there are laws not only for the protection of the gifts of nature but also for the increase of these gifts. It is by law the tree nurseries and fish hatcheries and game farms are established. If you have a wild life refuge near your home you should know that a law made it possible and renders it protection. Last week I removed the frogs from the pool in my garden. When the weather began to get chilly at the progs make their

way from the fields and meadows where they have been catching insects all summer they make their way to the pounds for hibernation. Each year many of them hope to find refuge from the winter in this pool. I looked into this conservation book to find out whether our frogs are protected. Sure enough I found a law which most of our traders never knew existed. It reads No person shall take catch or kill in the waters of this state or higher than his possession any crawfish or crab of any variety between the first of March and the next succeeding the first day of July or any progress from March 1st to May pursed of each year except those who are in the business of raising progs or where the same are used for scientific or educational purposes. Why is it

that the state steps in and prevents us from catching and killing these lowly creatures. Just these we may choose. If we study the game laws thoroughly we find that there are good reasons behind all of them. These reasons are based upon the manner of living of the creature involved. Cooperation frogs have an important place in the scheme of nature may be as important as that of birds. Who knows. The scientists connected with the conservation department of our state have found that in order to have a sufficient number of these creatures in the waters of our state it is necessary to protect them. Hence the law. Why does a law state a particular time when the taking of these lowly creatures is prohibited because it is at that time when they lead the apes. To kill a female frog at the

time she is ready to lay her eggs means taking from nature not only one prog but all the problems that would have from the eggs that she would spawn. So you see that laws are based on the manner of living of the creatures protected. This is called the biological reason behind the laws. Biology is a study of the life processes of animals and plants how they live secure their food and have their young. It helps people to understand and to enjoy the outdoors. It helps them to understand the laws and to be good citizens in the out-of-doors. Let's take another example. People who frequent the woods noticed that there are certain years when the rough grouse are prone to fall. Then in a couple of years they can walk for hours without being

startled by a sudden burst of the wings of a grouse. The ruffed grouse is subject to a disease. When the birds are plentiful the disease spreads among them reducing their numbers by taking the weakest and leaving the strongest to build up the race of rough grouse again. So these birds have their times of scarcity and times of plenty. Their ups and downs. These are called cycles. We are now near the height of the cycle when the birds are plentiful. So the law allows the stooping of them at this time. Reasoning that it is just as well for the hundred to take them as to allow disease to do so in another year or so the season will be closed for the birds will be on the downward curve of the cycle getting less and less plentiful this

cycle occurs about once every seven years. So you can see the basis upon which laws are made the laws are just right because they are based upon the manner of living. It is a great responsibility to look after the resources of our state and to make the laws governing our attitude toward them. The legislature could not do it because it meets once in every two years. So the power and authority is given to the conservation department to establish open and closed seasons size limits bag limits and in other ways to determine what is proper and right so that all citizens of the state will have an equal chance to enjoy fishing hunting trapping and other activities in the great outdoors. It is the responsibility of the conservation department to see to it that our porous and waters

and the creatures that live there again are preserved so that future generations will have a chance to enjoy these gifts of nature. It is our responsibility as citizens and future citizens to know the laws are made and then live by them. So Ranger Max advice is if it is not legal if it is not right. If it does not appeal to your sense of honor and justice. If it does not keep your conscience clear. Don't do it. It does not make us happy to live with our mistakes. You know now next Saturday morning at sunrise the game there deer season opens. There will be two hundred thousand people hunting deer in our state maybe more. The law this year allows one hundred or one deer of any kind. Pong or buck. That is because there is a belief the deer are very

plentiful because there are so many people hunting increasing the dangers of hunting. There are laws requiring the Wearing a certain amount of red on clothing and where it must be worn. These are laws to prevent There are laws to prevent that tricky hunting a bear such as the use of flashlights at night traps along runaways and the beating of deer. The intent of any law is to create good sportsman. Next week Ranger Mack will answer as many of the questions as he can that you have sent in. Next week is important for another reason. It is the last date you can send in your entry blank for the judging of your conservation corner. If you want a part of our order soil conservation man or Mr Jorgensen or Mr Hambly or Ranger Mack to visit your school to look over your corner and to talk with you about it. Send in the entry blank

to be found at the back end of the teacher's manual before November the 98 May everything go happily with you until we meet again on the trail next week and may the Great Spirit put sunshine in your heart. That day and part evermore heap much the familiar Indian farewell brings us to the end of another to a field where the Ranger mech. Ranger Mack will be back next week at the same time to be your guide for another radio trip down the nature trail. This is the Wisconsin School of the air.