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In Oklahoma a great reform was accomplished, almost wholly by 

 efforts within the state. The following species of birds were 

 given five-year close seasons: Prairie chicken, wild turkey, 

 pheasant, wood-duck, curlew, crane, pelican, gull and heron. 



Deer, anelope, otter and beaver also were each accorded 

 five years of protection. Bear receive five-year close seasons in 

 the counties of Comanche, Caddo, Kiowa, Major and Blaine. 



All insectivorous birds receive the same protection that 

 is accorded by the federal migratory bird law. The open sea- 

 son on quail was cut down to the month of December only, 

 with a bag limit of 15 birds per day. 



Provision was made for the purchase, by the state, with a 

 fund of $94,197, of four state game sanctuaries. 



The importation, sale and possession of wild birds plum- 

 age is forbidden. 



All civil officers of the state are charged with the duty 

 of diligently enforcing the laws for the protection of game and 

 fish. 



New Mexico has experienced a great awakening, and is fairly seeth- 

 ing with the reform spirit. In no other state of my acquaint- 

 ance are the sportsmen and stockmen so thoroughly aroused, 

 and so determined to save their game on a rational basis. The 

 initiative of the reform movement came from the U. S. Forest 

 Service, acting chiefly through ALDO LEOPOLD, a very vital 

 force in the movement. Nine game protective associations have 

 been formed. 



Sage grouse, bob white quail, sheep and antelope are pro- 

 tected for long periods. The state game and fish department 

 is, and has been, excellently managed, and the public sympathy 

 that was lacking down to October, 1915, is now mobilized! 

 The U. S. Forest Service has exercised a powerful influence in 

 behalf of wild life. 



In Arizona, a "buck law" has been enacted, the bag reduced to 1 

 deer per year, and the deer season has been reduced to 30 

 days. The wildfowl season has been made to conform to the 

 federal bird law, and the limit on quail has been reduced to 

 20 birds in a day. Four game protective associations have been 

 formed. Divide the credit for the above by long division, be- 

 ginning with G. M. WILLARD, State Game Warden, and ALDO 

 LEOPOLD. 



Arizona has no sage grouse; and her mountain sheep and 

 antelope already are protected. The legislature created four 

 new state game refuges. One is in the Apache National Forest, 

 one is in the Pinal Nat. Forest near Globe, one in the Huachu- 

 cas, and the fourth takes in the entire Graham range. The 

 Arizona Sportsmen's Association opposed the whole act pre- 

 pared by the State Game Warden, but was badly beaten at the 

 polls. 



In Ohio — wherein our active participation (1917) was slight — the 

 Columbus Evening Dispatch, MR. IRELAND, its cartoonist, and 

 the legislature itself won an astounding victory over the organ- 

 ized sportsmen of the state, and put the quail in the class of 

 protected songbirds! Even yet the League of Ohio Sportsmen 

 does not quite know what struck it; but we are sure that it 

 was the great cartoons of Mr. Ireland in the Dispatch! 



