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law, and a strong public sentiment in favor of its enforcement, both resulting 

 from years of Audubon educational work. 



About a hundred lectures have been given in various parts of Oregon 

 during the past year, covering various phases of protection and propagation 

 of wild birds and animals. These were given by Dr. C. F. Hodge and John F. 

 Bovard, both of the University of Oregon, and also by your Agent. The work 

 of the Oregon Fish and Game Commission during the past two years has been 

 of great importance educationally. The commission has spent much money 

 in making mo\dng pictures of the game-resources of the state, and of various 

 phases of animal protection, to be used in educational work. 



During the past summer, your Agent made a careful survey of Clear Lake, 

 Klamath Lake, Three Arch Rocks, and Cold Springs Reservations. The last- 

 named one is typical of seventeen wild-bird reservations in the West. It is a 

 large lake formed by the building of a big dam by the United States Reclama- 

 tion Service. It is in the midst of a sage-bush region entirely unimdting to 

 water-fowl before the artificial lake was formed; but since the area was set 

 aside as a Federal reservation, large numbers of Ducks, Geese, and other water- 

 birds have been attracted there during every fall and winter, and many remain 

 to breed. By cooperation of the state and Federal governments, bird-life on 

 the various reservations has been well protected by wardens, and the birds 

 have increased in numbers. 



CORMORANTS 



1' \iLKRES NESTING ON THREE ARCH ROCKS 

 Photographed by William L. Finley 



