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even in the Carolinas it should cause an awakening. It is 

 reproduced in full at the end of this volume. 



Our own activities have been devoted to the causes that 

 most urgently needed treatment by us, and which offered 

 good prospects of practical results. Had we had more funds 

 at our command, we could have covered more ground, enlist- 

 ed more fighting men, and secured more results. 



Briefly summarized, during the years 1915 and 1916, the 

 chief activities of the Permanent Wild Life Protection Fund 

 have been exerted in the following causes : 



OUR SPECIAL CAUSES. 



JANUARY 1, 1915, TO APRIL 1, 1917. 



This summary has been prepared in order that the Founders 

 and Subscribers of the Permanent Fund may have a compact yet 

 definite statement of the causes in which their money has been ex- 

 pended, the causes initiated by us, and the results secured up to 

 April 1, 1917. It includes our own campaigns, and also those in 

 which we assisted other workers. 



Permanent Fund. — Completion of the subscriptions to the Perma- 

 nent Fund, up to $103,000. 



Mountain Sheep. — Campaigns in 1915 and 1916, to secure long close 

 seasons for the mountain sheep of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, 

 Washington and Texas. 



Game Sanctuaries. — The initiation of the national campaign for 

 game refuges in national forests, as now represented by the 

 Chamberlain-Hayden bills in Congress. 



Migratory Bird Law and Treaty. — Initiation of the defense in Con- 

 gress and throughout the country of the federal migratory bird 

 law against the Missourians; and the promotion of the treaty 

 with Canada was sought at the same time. 



The Buck Law. — The initiation of contests in two sessions of the 

 New York legislature (1916-17) to prevent the repeal of the 

 law protecting female deer (the "buck law"). 



Upland Game Birds. — Inauguration of campaigns in the legislatures 

 of 19 states west of the Mississippi (omitting Missouri and Ar- 

 kansas), to secure 6-year close seasons for the sage grouse, all 

 other grouse, "prairie chicken" and quail remaining in those 

 states. 



Xational Educators. — Systematic effort, through five lectures at 

 Yale University, and a new National Educators Conservation 

 Society, to arouse the interest of American educators in con- 

 servation work, for the protection and increase of wild life 

 and forests. 



Missionary AVork in Texas. — A special effort to bring about sweep- 

 ing reforms in Texas, covering sage grouse, quail, deer, moun- 

 tain sheep, antelope, and slaughter guns. 



