The Audubon Societies 



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THE HONORABLE GEORGE D. PRATT 



Mr. George D. Pratt of Brooklyn, New 

 York, has been chosen by Governor Whit- 

 man to be the head of the New York State 

 Conservation Commission, as provided 

 for in the new law. The choice is a par- 

 ticularly happy one. Mr. Pratt is not only 

 a man of wide social and financial influence, 

 but is one of the most level-headed game- 

 conservationists we have in the country. 

 Few organizations of any importance are 

 actually engaged in wild-life preservation, 

 where Mr. Pratt's name is not to be found 



among the members. He has for some 

 years been a life-member of, and contribu- 

 tor to, the National Association of Audu- 

 bon Societies, so that we have long looked 

 upon him as one of our strong supporters. 

 In accepting this office, he has the united 

 support and good will of all the people of 

 New York State who in any way are in- 

 terested in the preservation of our natural 

 wild assets, and it is perfectly apparent 

 that he will succeed admirably with the 

 trying duties of his situation. 



