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GENERAL NOTES 

 John Muir 



John Muir, of the California Sierras, is 

 dead. For a generation and more he has 

 been one of the most potent influences in 

 our country in turning the eyes of man- 

 kind to the charm of the great out-of- 

 doors. His studies of glacial action in 

 California, Alaska, and northern Europe, 

 and his constructive work for the estab- 

 lishment of National Parks, have made 

 his name famous in every home where the 

 things that really count in life are ever 

 uppermost. He was deeply interested also 

 in wild animals. His writings on these, 

 and kindred subjects, are to be found in 

 scores of articles published in magazines 

 and newspapers. "Our National Parks," 

 perhaps the best known of his six pub- 

 lished books, was written "with a view of 

 inciting people to come and enjoy the 

 wild mountain forest reservations." 



To many who are devoting their lives 

 to the conservation of natural wild beauty 

 in its various forms, John Muir has been 

 a potent inspiration; and long will be the 

 years that the would-be destroyers of wild- 

 life and mountain scenery will have to 

 reckon with the influences which he set in 

 motion. 



His death occurred at Daggett, a little 

 town in the desert, of San Bernardino 

 County, California, on December 24, 1914. 

 He was born in Scotland on April 21, 1838. 



Support for the Migratory-Bird Law 



The following is taken from a set of six 

 resolutions, adopted by the Wisconsin 

 State Audubon Society, in which that 



organization registers its protest against 

 the strong efforts continually being made 

 to modify harmfully the Federal migra- 

 tory-bird law. It will be noted that our 

 friends in the Middle West are as opposed 

 to the spring-shooting of wildfowl as are 

 all Audubon workers in the East. All 

 Audubon Societies that have not taken 

 similar action should do so, and then file 

 their resolutions with the senators and 

 representatives from their states. These 

 resolutions are: 



"That we approve the Migratory-Bird 

 Law and Regulations, and feel that they 

 are the only adequate legislation ever 

 enacted to save the valuable bird-life from 

 absolute extermination. 



"That we urge our senators and repre- 

 sentatives in Congress to do their utmost 

 to afford adequate funds for the proper 

 execution of the law and regulations. 



"That we are absolutely opposed to the 

 wastef u' and barbarous practice of spring- 

 shooting, and we protest against any 

 change in the regulations that will permit 

 spring-shooting anywhere in the United 

 States." 



The Mt. Meenahga Bird-Sanctuary 



One of the most recently established 

 bird-sanctuaries is that at Mt. Meenahga, 

 near EUenville, Ulster County, New York, 

 where the Burroughs Nature Club has 

 been the means of introducing appliances 

 for bird-protection. President Albert H. 

 Pratt describes it thus: 



"This great estate of 700 acres, orig- 

 inally acquired for a country home by U. 

 E. Terwilliger and his son, is admirably 

 adapted to the use of the birds. A moun- 

 tainous strip, well wooded, and lying 

 between two deep ravines, with streams 

 and natural springs abounding in its area, 

 ^It. Meenahga offers unusual resources 

 for attracting and developing wild-life. 

 Both in the wild sections, and in the 

 neighborhood of the many rustic summer- 

 houses along the roadways of the estate, 

 nesting-boxes will offer homes for the 

 feathered guests. Seventy such boxes 

 have already been installed in accordance 

 with the advice of E. H. Forbush, New 

 England Agent of the National Association 



