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wardens were hired to protect this and to prevent 

 shooting. Later they gave thirteen thousand acres 

 of this to the State of Louisiana as a perpetual bird 

 refuge. They were also instrumental in having the 

 Marsh Island Reserve of seventy -five thousand acres 

 bought by Mrs. Russell Sage, who contributed 

 $150,000 for this purpose. This has now been of- 

 fered to the Government to be kept as a bird refuge. 

 Later the Carnegie Foundation acquired a large 

 tract adjoining this of about eighty-five thousand 

 acres, at a cost of $225,000. Together these extend 

 along the coast for seventy-five miles and comprise 

 about five hundred square miles. A fourth tract is 

 gradually being acquired. 



In New York, Mr. E. H. Litchfield has a fenced 

 preserve in the Adirondacks of about ten thousand 

 acres. Another fenced preserve of about three thou- 

 sand acres in New York State is owned by Mr. C. P. 

 Dieterich. 



In New Jersey, Mr. Charles C. Worthington has 

 a large bird refuge of eighty thousand acres which 

 he has offered to the State of New Jersey to be 

 held as a permanent game refuge. 



Recently the Minnetonka Bird Sanctuary has 

 been established along Lake Minnetonka, near 

 Minneapolis, Minnesota, as a result of a petition of 

 hundreds of residents of that section. This includes 

 a tract of about fifty-five thousand acres. The 

 State Game Commission has prohibited shooting 



