Annual Report of the National Association of 

 Audubon Societies for 1912 



CONTENTS 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



Introduction. 



The Office. 



Field Force. .... ■. . . 



Warden Force. " ' J 



Egret Protection. . ' - ,. 



Legislation. 



Mrs. Russell Sage Fund. . ' ■ - 



Junior Work in Northern Schools. , r • 



Miscellaneous and Financial. . ' ^ ■ . 



REPORT OF FIELD AGENTS. 



Edward Howe Forbush, New England. 



Miss Katherine H. Stuart, Virginia. 



James Henry Rice, Jr., South Carolina. 



Francis Harper, Okefenoke Swamp, Georgia. . ' " . 



Dr. Eugene Swope, Ohio. 



Jefferson Butler, Michigan. '- 



William Lovell Finley, Pacific Coast States. 



G. Willett, St. Lazaria Reservation, Alaska. . .■ 



REPORT OF STATE AUDUBON SOCIETIES. 



California, District of Columbia, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Mary- 

 land, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, 

 North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, East 

 Tennessee, West Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Wis- 

 consin. 



LIST OF MEMBERS AND CONTRIBUTORS. 



REPORT OF TREASURER. 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 



INTRODUCTION 



The eighth year of the Ufe of the National Association of Audubon Socie- 

 ties has been attended with a strong continuance of that rapid growth which 

 has ever marked its history. As the general public becomes more aroused to 

 the importance of the preservation of wild bird and animal life, the oppor- 

 tunities for services which come to us seem to be almost without limit. So 

 urgent in fact have been the demands for aid in many directions that often 

 the Board of Directors has been sorely tempted to take up new lines of endeavor 

 which would quickly lead us quite beyond our means. Disquieting as it is to 

 see many golden opportunities go by unfulfilled, we yet have the satisfaction 



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