92 WILD LIFE PROTECTION FUND 



The whole situation was, and to a vast extent, STILL IS, 

 an outrage upon the upland game birds ; it is wholesale rob- 

 bery of posterity, and a reproach to the people of the states 

 concerned. 



Up to August 25, 1915, so far as we know there was not 

 one national game or bird protective association, not one 

 state or county organization, not one state game commis- 

 sioner or game warden, and not one newspaper or maga- 

 zine, that was seriously endeavoring to alarm the public, 

 and to secure better laws to protect the upland game birds 

 of the West from complete extermination. 



The sportsmen's magazines of the East confined their 

 grouse and quail literature to beautifully illustrated and 

 "snappily"-written stories of hunting and killing grouse 

 and quail, without a serious proposition for their better 

 protection, — so far as we observed. 



If there was one single forceful influence at work for the 

 grouse of the West, on August 20, 1915, we failed to discover 

 it. The Permanent Fund decided to make an effort to arouse 

 the people of the West, and if possible, bring about some 

 sweeping reforms in the treatment of grouse and quail. It 

 was perfectly evident that at the outset such an effort would 

 come up against a Chinese wall of apathy, indifference, and 

 other adverse influences, but there seemed to be only one 

 course to pursue. Our campaign for game sanctuaries in 

 national forests afforded an opportunity for an independent 

 crusade for the saving of the upland game birds of the West. 



OBJECTS OF OUR CAMPAIGNS IN EIGHTEEN STATES. 



First — Long close seasons, to save the remnant flocks of 

 grouse and quail from being quickly exter- 

 minated, according to law, by automobiles and 

 guns. 



Second — After recuperation, when a new and increased 

 supply of birds warrants the re-opening of 

 hunting seasons, the number of birds killed 

 each year must be regulated by law, and strict- 

 ly limited to insure a continuing basis. 



