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Hills. If cities in Great Britain can maintain such park 
areas for the recreation of their people, surely in Canada, 
with our incomparable opportunities for creating within easy 
access of our cities national parks and wild-life reserves, we 
should be able to make greater progress in this direction than 
has already been accomplished. All our larger cities have 
suitable areas in their vicinities; certain cities, such as Que- 
bec, Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver, and Victoria, already 
have national or provincial parks within a comparatively 
short distance, but, in other cases, the distance to the near- 
est park prohibits many, to whom the opportunities which 
it affords for recreation are necessary, from taking advan- 
tage of them. Few movements would be more effectual as 
a means of improving the health of our citizens and of in- 
creasing their capacity for wholesome enjoyment than one 
for the creation of such civic reserves, and for this reason 
their promotion should be undertaken by all civie organiza- 
tions that are sincerely interested in the welfare of the com- 
munities in which they exist. 
Game Protective Associations—Among the numerous 
methods by which community effort to conserve our wild 
life may be undertaken, the formation of special associations 
for this purpose constitutes one of the most influential. 
There are already in existence in Canada a number of asso- 
ciations of sportsmen, guides, and also of persons interested 
in the protection of wild life. Although a number of such 
sportsmen’s organizations were primarily formed for the 
protection of the interests of the sportsmen rather than for 
the protection of the game, the majority of these associations 
are fully alive to the importance of adequate protection for 
our game animals, as evidenced by the support that many 
of them gave to the Migratory Birds Treaty, even though 
its provisions somewhat curtailed opportunities for hunting 
wild fowl. 
Of all classes of the community the sportsmen should be, 
