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Irvin R. Kenyon, Jr., Game Warden, was guest speaker at the meeting last week of the Rappahannock Lions Club. Mr. Kenyon told of the work of the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries and discussed today’s plight of Harry the Hunter and Freddie the Fisherman.
"Harry is unhappy for lack of hunting territory and Freddie is frustrated because of inadequate streams," said Mr. Kenyon, and it could get worse even here, as we begin to feel the effect of urban sprawl.’' He said he grew up as a country boy, but became a city boy. He did not move to the city, but the city came to him in Fairfax County. The Game Warden went on to explain that the Commission has and is setting aside as much land as is economically possible for the use of sportsmen. Land is acquired for wildlife management areas as well as for construction of fishing lakes. Areas of this kind closest to Rappahannock are the Rapidan Wildlife Management Area in Madison coun ty and Lake Brittle in Fauquier. There is a large new lake in Orange County, too. Management areas now total 18 consisting of 136,000 acres of land, and the figure is climbing. _ In addition to these delegated areas, the Commission has agreements with owners of large tracts which are also open to public use, and mountain streams are stocked with trout. Other activities of the Game Commission include research education, law enforcement and fish hatcheries. All of this work is carried out with funds derived from sportsmen; from ^ the sale of licenses, tax on
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