The Boone and Crockett Club 



has performed for forestry and his services have 

 been great was that he made it his business to go 

 into newspaper offices all over the land when this 

 was practicable, and to patiently and laboriously 

 explain to editors what forestry meant and why 

 for any locality the preservation of the forests of 

 that section is beneficial to that section, and instead 

 of being a bad thing, is a good thing for its public. 

 Mr. Pinchot was later appointed United States 

 Forester, and soon after began the organization 

 of a Bureau of Forestry as part of the Land Office 

 of the Interior Department. What he has since 

 done for conservation is still fresh in the public 

 mind. 



III. 



NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



The establishment of the New York Zoological 

 Society, which manages the New York Zoological 

 Park and the New York Aquarium, was the work 

 of the Boone and Crockett Club. In the Club's 

 volume, "Hunting in Many Lands," the history of 

 this society has been told by Mr. Grant, who was 

 the moving spirit in its organization. Briefly, it is 

 as follows: 



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