118 WILD LIFE PROTECTION FUND 



Minnesota still has large supplies and fish, but the time is close at 

 hand when unless more strenuous efforts are put forth the supply will 

 be close to exhaustion. 



Dr. W. T. Hornaday, head of the New York Zoological Park and 

 a trustee of the Permanent Wild Life Protection Fund, has devised a 

 plan for conserving big game in Minnesota, with the national forests 

 as a basis, which will be brought before Congress this winter. His plan 

 is simple, practical and cheap, and there ought not to be the slightest 

 hesitation about adopting it. 



By neglect, this country has frittered away most of its game supply, 

 and in a large degree it is still frittering. Every intelligent plan to con- 

 serve the game supply, therefore, should have the widest possible support. 



Minnesota, with its great national forest on the north boundary — 

 and its state forests that might, by action of the state, be added — is 

 admirably situated for an experiment with Dr. Hornaday's plan. 



This plan will be before Congress this winter. It ought to be 

 adopted. To that end we suggest that all who are interested take the 

 trouble to write to their Senators and Representatives in Congress, urg- 

 ing them strongly to support the measure that will be offered. 



TO CONGRESS, FROM THE MINNESOTA GAME PROTECTIVE 



LEAGUE. 



Whereas, All forms of wild life are rapidly disappearing 

 throughout the country, chiefly through lack of proper con- 

 servation ; and 



Whereas, Our National Forests are themselves practically 

 destitute of game, although such areas are readily suscep- 

 tible of supporting all kinds of game in abundance which 

 would constitute an enormous asset to the country as a 

 whole : 



Therefore, be it resolved: 



By the Minnesota Game Protective League, 



That the time has fully come for affirmative action for 

 the preservation of the wild life of the United States which 

 is threatened with extinction. 



Further resolved. That this League unanimously endorses 

 the plans formulated under the "Permanent Wild Life Pro- 

 tection Fund," for the establishment of Government sanc- 

 tuaries for game within the National forest reservations; 

 and 



Further resolved, That this League is unanimous in de- 

 claring that no other one step is comparable to that em- 



