Excerpt from Louisiana Conservationist, Vol. 14: September-October, 1962 The new legislation known as the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act, became effective on July 1, 1938. Commonly known as the Pittman Robertson Act, the program is administered by the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife of the us. Department of the Interior. Under the terms of the Act, project costs are borne initially by the State game departments. Reimbursement from Federal funds for completed work is made for the Federal pro rata share, which cannot exceed 75 per cent of the cost of each project. The States are required to contrib ute 25 per cent or more of project costs from their regular funds. The first funds became available to the States on J uly 1, 1938. The first approved p-r project was submitted by Utah for development of its Ogden Bay Waterfowl Area. During the period July 1, 1938 through June 30, 1961, a total of nearly was apportioned to the States and Territories for wildlife restoration purposes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.