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REBINGTON OUT
OF BIOLOGICAL
SURVEY OFFICE
Is Transferred at His Own
Request Back to the
Forest Service
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culture for 30 years. Twenty-three
years of this were with the Forest
Service, where he was Assistant
Chief in charge of public relations
when transferred to the Biological
Survey. He was made Associate
Chief of the Survey on February
16, 1927, and on the retirement
of Dr. E. W. Nelson from admin
istrative duties on May 9, 1927, he
succeeded him as chief of the
bureau.
While in charge of the work of
the Biological Survey Mr. Ileding
ton effected a number of admin
istrative changes. The Division of
Game and Bird Conservation was
established by consolidation of work
on refuge and law administration.
The Division of Economic Inves
tigations was reorganized and its
designation changed to Division of
Predatory Animal and Rodent Con
trol, with field work directed by
four regional supervisors. The new
Division of Land Acquisition was
established immediately following
passage of the Migratory Bird
Conservation Act of 1929, author
izing a nationwide system of migra
tory bird refuges. A new unit of
Wild Life Disease Investigations
was established by consolidation of
research work in three other divi
sions.
