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ments and investigations made and research work 

 aeeomplislied ; also a library of works, publica- 

 tions, papers and data having to do with wild life 

 together with means for practical illustration and 

 demonstration, which library shall, at all season- 

 able hours, be open to the public. 



rurthermore, the duties of the station are 

 to make " investigations, experiments and re- 

 search in relation to the habits, life histories, 

 methods of propagation and management of 

 fish, birds, game and food and fur-bearing ani- 

 mals and forest wild life." 



This is a very comprehensive program and 

 it opens up an immense field for investiga- 

 tion, for demonstration, and for the training 

 of forest and park naturalists. !Not the least 

 important feature of the plan is that it pro- 

 vides for an establishment v^hich will supple- 

 ment the other equipment of the college in 

 such a manner as to make unique facilities 

 not only for research on wild life, but likewise 

 for the training of students who wish to spe- 

 cialize in this kind of ecological study, either 

 for the purposes of becoming technical forest 

 naturalists and investigators, or as foresters 

 interested in the development and practical 

 management of fish and game in forests, and 

 as well for similar work in parks, particularly 

 in the National Parks. 



The law passed in the Legislature so late 

 in the session that no special appropriation 

 was made available, but the experiment station 

 funds of the college are available to make a 

 start at once. Quarters will be provided at 

 the college and at the college experiment sta- 

 tion at Syracuse. 



Such a wild life repository library as is con- 

 templated by the law, would be unique as no 

 such special library has been assembled in 

 America, and would be of much general value. 



As examples of the kind of problems which 

 need attention, the following may be cited : We 

 need to know much more about the life his- 

 tories and habits of all of our large game, 

 fur-bearing, and predaceous forest animals. 

 Such a knowledge is an essential basis for 

 sane legislation, and the proper care and use 

 of such animals. Even such a common forest 

 animal as the porcupine is really but little 



known. There are numerous problems on the 

 relation of birds to forests that require de- 

 tailed study. This is equally true of the game 

 birds. The problem of stocking lakes and 

 streams with game fish involves a great 

 number of zoological problems that have not 

 been investigated intensively. There are also 

 many unsolved problems in connection with 

 the production of food from forest lands and 

 waters, involving many kinds of wild and even 

 domestic animals, which can be best studied at 

 such a station. 



It is expected that this memorial, while re- 

 ceiving support from the Legislature of N"ew 

 York, will draw support as well from those pri- 

 vate citizens throughout the nation who are 

 admirers of Roosevelt and his conservation 

 policies, and who are also in sympathy with 

 the study of game and other wild life, and 

 who recognizing the need of such a station 

 will enable it to extend its work beyond the 

 borders of the state. 



The establishment of this state memorial 

 has been brought about by the friends of Mr. 

 Eoosevelt and those of the State College of 

 Forestry, and from their very inception these 

 plans have had the hearty support of the dean 

 of the college, Dr. Hugh P. Baker. 



Charles C. Adams, 



Director 



The Eoosevelt Wild Life Forest 

 Experiment Station of the 

 . New York State College op Forestry, 

 AT Syracuse University 



GABRIEL MARCUS GREENi 



Gabriel Marcus Green was bom in the 

 city of :New York, on October 19, 1891. He 

 attended the public schools of that city, 

 graduating from Public High School No. 4 

 in 1904 as valedictorian of his class. He 

 then entered the high school department of 

 the College of the City of New York and in 

 1911 graduated from the college at the head 

 of his class. In 1909 he received the Belden 



1 Minute on the life and services of Dr. Green 

 placed upon the records of the faculty of arts and 

 sciences of Harvard University at the meeting of 

 April 1, 1919. 



