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Franklin Greenfield interview
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1984-06-01 [date recorded] (Creation)
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CALL NUMBER: T4129:0006 RECORDED: Nanaimo (B.C.), 1984-06-01 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Franklin Greenfield discusses the events leading up to his joining the Game Commission in 1927. Duties at pheasant farm. Description of pheasant operation at Royal Oak. Victoria warden Dick Gidley. Reason for removal of game work from Provincial Police. Bryan Williams, game commissioner (1929-1932). Jack Graham, inspector of Vancouver Island Division. Description of Nanaimo District. TRAC;K 2: Greenfield's method of patrolling district. Main game in Nanaimo: deer, grouse, pheasant. Nanaimo District has a reputation for poachers. Old timers use game for food, also miners. Methods for catching poachers. Story of pit lamper. Gave leeway to those who needed game to feed families. Greenfield kept his moves secret. Collected information on poachers. Jim Dewar, cougar bounty hunter. CALL NUMBER: T4129:0007 RECORDED: Nanaimo (B.C.), 1984-06-01 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Franklin Greenfield discusses Jimmy Dewar's prowess as hunter and woodsman. His assistance to Greenfield catching poachers. Dewar's reputation. Anecdote about Bob Marshall, warden of Cowichan District. Other Vancouver Island wardens. Reasons why wardens were recruited from Provincial Police. Discussion of different generations of wardens. Regrets decline of enforcement and influence of biologists in department. Greenfield's police related duties. Recollection of dangerous dope smuggling incident. Recollection of occupation of Nanaimo Relief Office. TRACK 2: Quelling of Relief Office occupation. Population changes after World War II. Mining declines, logging increases. Greenfield gets more nuisance complaints, not "good poachers of old". Quality of hunters declines. Three man commission (1934-) more efficient than previous. Frank Butler "outstanding". Provincial Police administration had game as a "sideline". During last 30 years of Greenfield's wardenship he was left alone by HQ. Worked with Dr. C. Mottley and Don Robinson, both "natural biologists". New title, "Conservation Officer", demoralizing; name "Game Warden" stood for something. Game clubs. Over hunting and fishing since WWII. Qualities of a good game warden.
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Allen W. Specht, 1984-03 to 1984-06
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Reference cassette copy available in container 000443-294.
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speaker: Franklin Harris Greenfield, interviewer: Allen William Specht
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- British Columbia. Fish and Wildlife Branch (Subject)
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