LACEY ON FISH AND GAME PRESERVES 



LETTER OF W. B. MERSHON TO MAJOR LACEY ON CONSERVATION 



Saginaw, Mich., November 30, 1909. 



Dear Sir : On August 20th I received a letter from G. 

 0. Shields, president of the League of American Sports- 

 men, notifying me that I had been appointed chairman of 

 the committee on conservation of national resources to 

 represent the League in cooperation with the National 

 Conservation Commission. I was also informed that my 

 associates on this committee would consist of Hon. John 

 F. Lacey, Oskaloosa, Iowa; Admiral R. D. Evans, No. 324 

 Indiana Avenue, Washington, D. C. ; Col. J. H. McDer- 

 mott, Morgantown, W. Va. ; Mr. J. Adams Brown, vice- 

 president New Netherland Bank, New York City, and Dr. 

 F. Schavoir, Stamford, Conn., and on October 7th I re- 

 reived a letter from Gifford Pinchot of which I enclose 

 herewith a copy, also copy of the printed blank referred 

 to in Mr. Pinchot's letter. 



I should have taken this matter up with you before but 

 I spent the entire month of October in Saskatchewan on 

 a hunting expedition and have been too busy since my re- 

 turn to take it up until now. 



I think the letters enclosed fully explain themselves and 

 I suppose it is Mr. Pinchot 's idea that any suggestions 

 come to the joint committee through me. At your con- 

 venience will you give me your idea of what our com- 

 mittee can suggest that will bring forward some plan for 

 the conservation of game ? I came near saying * 'the wild 

 life of the forest and field" but I suppose some committee 

 having some part of the agricultural interests in charge, 



