PERMANENT WILD LIFE PROTECTION 



FUND 



BULLETIN No. 1 DECEMBER 10, 1915 



OUR CAMPAIGN FOR GAME SANCTUARIES 



AFTER weeks of careful preparation, the Campaigning 

 Trustee started on Aug. 25 to open in the states west 

 of the great plains a campaign for the making of a great 

 number of game sanctuaries in national forests. The key- 

 note of the effort was "the increase of big game on a food 

 supply basis." The effort was wholly financed by this 

 Fund; and this was rendered possible by a special gift of 

 $2,000 to our annual campaign fund, generously bestowed 

 by "A Defender of Wild Life," in Washington, D. C, who 

 insists upon remaining anonymous. 



Between Aug. 25 and Oct. 17 we visited, for campaign 

 purposes, Minnesota and each one of the twelve states west 

 of the plains except Nevada. Twenty-three addresses were 

 delivered, in Minneapolis, Denver, Cheyenne, Salt Lake 

 City, Pocatello, Helena, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, 

 Berkeley, Los Angeles, Pasadena, Tucson, Phoenix and 

 Albuquerque. 



In the next volume of the Biennial Statement that cam- 

 paign will be reported upon in full, but for the present this 

 preliminary report can touch only the most important 

 features. 



From beginning to end, the reception of the plan was 

 cordial, and in many places enthusiastic. With only two 

 or three exceptions, the audiences were highly satisfactory ; 



