PART THIRTEEN 



CONSERVATION 



A lad is once reported to have said to his father, ''Dad, it 

 seems to me that you older folks aren't doing very well in 

 taking care of the resources that we young folks will have to 

 live on." During the last 100 years, six of the native United 

 States birds have become extinct and others are in jeopardy. 

 Some mammals and plants are also in peril. Heroic efforts 

 are being made, on small budgets, by the Nature Conserv- 

 ancy, Save-T he-Redwoods League, Resources For The Future 

 Inc., National Wildlife Federation, The Wilderness Society, 

 National Audubon Federation, The International Union for 

 the Protection of Nature, the Federal Government, and other 

 organizations. 



A respectable segment of our population is aware of the 

 necessity of conserving as much of Americas beauty as is 

 possible. It is a common feeling that our nation is large 

 enough to have its normal expansion and still have recrea- 

 tional areas set aside for both the present and for future gen- 

 erations. Some of these areas can be for multiple use whUe 

 others are best held in the primitive condition as ''museum 

 pieces." Every American should shoulder a share of respon- 

 sibility in preserving our natural resources. 



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