Davison, Verne E. (Verne Elbert), 1904-

Verne Elbert Davison (1904- ) served as a conservationist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service from 1934-1969. He was regional wildlife biologist for the Dakotas, Montana and Wyoming from 1934-1937, the southeastern U.S. from 1937-1964 and the northwestern U.S. from 1964-1969. Davison was a fisheries research scientist in Burma (now Myanmar) in 1952 and in Vietnam in 1969 for the U.S. Foreign Service. He also wrote extensively on wildlife conservation including the books "Bobwhites on the Rise" (1949), "Homemade Fishing" (1953) and "Attracting Birds" (1967).

From the description of Papers, 1934-1974. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 29530279