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60 Report of the Wild Life Conservation Officer Law Enforcement, Town of Mashpee To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the Citizens of the Town of Mashpee j ; Greetings: As we approach the end of the year for 1971 I take great pleasure in submitting our Wildlife Conservation Department report for 1971 to the citizens of Mashpee. Although there {i is still a great deal of work to be done in this area of wild- life conservation, and for our natural resources, it has been a pleasure indeed, to have been able to work with the differ- ent townspeople in the community, in this field of wildlife conservation and natural resources. At present, we are working under the direction of your Town Selectmen and your Mashpee Police Department, under Chief Bingham,along with the undersigned as wildlife officer, on different projects for the children of Mashpee. We hope to continue these programs as they were inaugerated in the j, year just completed. At this time, I would like to thank Chief Bingham for driving the school bus for the forty-five children of Mashpee to attend our annual field trip to Woods Hole and Martha's Vineyard. I would also like to thank those members of the Police Department, as well as the parents, who assisted in making this trip a success. I wish to take this opportunity to congratulate the Town Selectmen and our Fire Chief, Warren M. Hicks, who is also the town's Herring Warden, for the establishment of rules and regulations governing the taking of herring from our Mashpee herring runs, and for other programs that have been established for the children of Mashpee as contributed by the Wildlife Conservation Department. They are the following: 1. Wildlife Conservation books, available for the town children at the Mashpee Library. 2. Established birdfeeding stations for the younger children of Mashpee. Bird food and