TheAtchison Daily Globe, on March 12, 1919, led their front page with the headline, "In Alva Clapp Atchison Loses a Special Citizen, But Kansas Gets a Mighty Fine State Official". State Game Warden Alva Clapp was appointed to the Kansas State Fish and Game Department in 1919. Clapp steered the department in its wildlife conservation program of education and dialog, and established a partnership between the public, landowners, and hunters throughout Kansas.