D3o—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 3,1982
Game
HARRISBURG - Glenn L.
Bowers, executive director of the
Pennsylvania Game Commission
since 1965, has been honored by the
National Wildlife Federation as its
1981 Wildlife Conservationist of the
Year.
The 4-6-million member
federation is the nation’s largest
citizens’ conservation
PPI cites maximum
yield research
DENVER, CO. - “Past
research built American
agriculture into the envy of the
world But it's not enough to meet
future challenges. Maximum yield
research will be the direction to
progress in the next five years and
beyond,” predicted R.E. Wagner,
president of the Potash &
Phosphate Institute. (PPI).
Addressing the 1982 Great Plains
Soil Fertility Workshop in Denver,
Col, he emphasized the need for
more effort toward a strong basic
research component.
During a recent trip to Brazil,
Wagner observed the large areas
of that country being developed for
crop production. “Their strong
emphasis on research and rapid
adoption of new production
practices could spell more com
petition for U.S. markets in the
future,” he pointed out.
While public funding for soil
fertility research in the U.S. has
declined, the Potash & Phosphate
Institute has taken steps to en
courage funding for maximum
yield research. The Foundation for
Agronomic Research (FAR) was
created in 1980 to broaden the base
of support. To date, FAR con
tributors, in addition to potash and
phosphate companies, include
nitrogen, sulfur, micronutrient,
seed, and chemical companies.
PPI also has a program of
fellowship grants to encourage
young agricultural scientists.
Commission director is
orgamzation, whose primary goal
is the education of Americans
about the need for wise use and
proper management of our natural
resources through programs,
activities and services.
Bowers was selected for the
organization’s prestigious award,
given annually to distinguished
professionals who have made
“The maximum yield research
concept has gamed wide ac
ceptance in a relatively short time.
This approach will lead to the
maximum economic yields which
farmers desperately need for
survival under the critical
challenges confronting them,”
Wagner explained. PPI and FAR
now fund about 40 maximum yield
research projects in the U.S. and
other countries, including Canada,
Peru and Ecuador. Even Mainland
China is becoming interested.
There already is exciting
progress m increasing output per
unit of input. Florida scientists last
year produced 402 bushels per acre
of gram with double cropping.
Oregon researchers produced 182
bushels per acre of wheat in 1981.
Researchers in New York,
Michigan and Georgia also topped
100 bushels per acre of wheat.
In 1980, New Jersey researchers
produced 312 bushels per acre of
corn. Them top yield in 1981 was 285
bushels per acre. “Good research
can raise more questions than it
answers. That’s why the basic
research component is so im
portant,” Wagner said.
“The real challenge in
maximum yield research is to
identify, characterize and em
phasis the positive interactions.
That’s where the action is and
where the progress will be,” he
concluded.
Wildlife Conservationist of Year
outstanding contributions to the
nation’s wildlife resource, by
unanimous vote of the federation’s
board of directors.
The board made the award to
Bowers for his “successful and
exemplary example as a wildlife
agency administrator through...
steadfast support of sound wildlife
management, administration and
fundamental integrity,” which
mentted the federations’ highest
form of recognition.
Bowers received the award, a
statuette of a whooping crane, an
endangered bird, representing the
conservationist cause, at the 46th
annual meeting awards banquet of
the National Wildlife Federation in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
The Game Commission’s
executive director, a native of
York, was appointed to head the
state agency on Oct. 12, 1965. A
career wildlife management
professional, he joined the agency
as a game biologist in 1943; was
promoted to chief of the division of
research in 1957; then was
elevated to deputy executive
director two years later.
Following World War 11, Bowers
earned a master’s degree in
wildlife management from The
Pennsylvania State University.
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From 1942 through 1945 he served
with the Marine Corps, attaining
the rank of captain. As a fighter
pilot, he flew 86 combat missions in
the South Pacific.
While serving in various
capacities with the Game Com
mission, Bowers is credited with
conducting pioneer research in
volving the cottontail rabbit, and
with implementing one of the finest
white-tail deer management
programs m the nation.
He has maintained an ongoing
land acquisition movement which
has netted almost 1.25 million
acres of state game lands for
Pennsylvania sportsmen. He was
the prime developer 'of a
professional forestry staff within
the division of land management.
Under his leadership, the highly
successful SPORT program was
conceived and initiated. SPORT,
acronym for “Sportsmen Policing
Our Ranks Together,” has
dramatically improved hunter
ethics by involving laymen in the
movement to enhance the image of
the sport hunter. Numerous other
state agencies have since adopted
similar programs.
At the 38th Northeast Fish and
Wildlife Conference held in
Virginia Beach last year. Bowers
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John Pearce Memorial Award, the
top honor for wildlife professionals
m 17 northeastern states and 5
Canadian provinces. That award
was presented in recognition of his
outstanding professional ac
complishments in wildlife con
servation in the region.
In 1980 the U.S. Forest Service
presented Bowers with a special
national award “in appreciation of
his significant contribution to
forestry and conservation and his
high commitment to professional
ideals and his courageous
professional leadership.”
An avid hunter of both large and
small game. Bowers is equally at
home in the field or in the office.
He administers one of the largest
wildlife management agencies in
the country, with 700 fulltime
employees and a $32 million
budget.
He holds memberships in
numerous regional and national
conservation organizations, in
cluding The Wildlife Society. The
Isaak Walton League of America,
the Pennsylvania Forestry
Association, and was president of
the International Association of
Fish and Wildlife Agencies m 1978-
79.
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