The Dept. of Conservation was responsible for administering and enforcing all laws that provided for the preservation of all wildlife and other natural resources within the State which were not privately owned. This series consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence documenting the department's involvement in conservation from the local level to the international level. Some subjects covered within the series include the passage of a Florida game law in 1913, the selection of county game wardens, a South American migratory bird study and treaty, hunting and fishing in the state, poaching and arrests, and state legislation. Mixed in with departmental correspondence are letters to and from John H. Wallace, one of the Department's commissioners, regarding his bid for the office of governor. Also included in the series are reports from county game wardens and news clippings about the department. The series also includes records created by the predecessor agency, the Dept. of Game and Fish (1907-1919). The agency is currently known as the Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources.
