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<br /> <br />v <br /> <br /> <br />C'~ <br />r=-," <br /> <br />N <br />00 <br />c.o <br />"'"' <br /> <br />SYLLABUS <br /> <br />Within the relatively short span of 100 years or so. the <br />plaoe oooupied by fish and wildlife in the Arkansas-White-Red Basins <br />has ohanged remarkably. <br /> <br />Early adventurers moving westward were. like the Dll.tive <br />Indians. largely dependent upon suoh resouroes to provide the physical <br />neoessities of life. Al though fish and wildlife still supply signifi- <br />cant amounts of food and fiber. the importanoe of this aspeot has been <br />superceded by their importance as a basis for outdoor reoreation' upon <br />whioh present day Amerioans are soarcely less dependent. The "big <br />money" which hide hunters, fur trappers. and market hunters were able <br />to draw from the resources readily at hand has given way to even <br />bigger money now derived fran the selling of goods and servioes to <br />the millions of hunters and fisher.men. <br /> <br />The vast habitat whioh fish and wildlife resouroes formerly <br />shared. with a few Indians has dwindled and undergone considerable <br />changes sinoe the white lll/l.n moved in and his population multiplied <br />again and again. This section of the report describe') the existing <br />fish and wildlife habitats and populations. as well as State and <br />Federal fish and wildlife programs and facilities which are used to <br />manage these resouroes. <br /> <br />As the human population has 'inoreased and made further <br />inroads on fish and wildlife resources there has been a oompanion <br />inorease in the demand for more fish and wildlife to meet the needs <br />of the Basins and the Nation. It is with the raco gnl tion of the se <br />needs, the problems in meeting. the needs, and the presentation of a <br />plan of aotion that this seotion is primarily conoerned. <br />