NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF AUDUBON SOCIETIES 

 FOR THE PROTECTION OF WILD BIRDS AND ANIMALS 



New York City 



April 6, 1918. 



Hon. Swagar Sherley, 



Chairman, House Committee on Appropriations, 

 Washington, D.C. 



Dear Mr. Sherley: 



In behalf of the National Association of Audubon Societies 

 for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals, I am writing to 

 express our most profound hope that your Committee on Appro- 

 priations will favorably consider the recommendation of Secre- 

 tary Lane, that ^50,000 be appropriated for the maintenance 

 and improvement of the Sieur de Monts National Monument on 

 Mount Desert, Maine. 



Through cooperation with the Department of Agriculture, 

 and also to some extent by purchase, this Association has been 

 actively engaged the past fifteen years in seeking to establish 

 a chain of refuges or sanctuaries for wild bird life, extending from 

 Maine to Florida and west to the Pacific Coast. Throughout 

 this entire period no area of such importance to wild life has 

 been set aside as a sanctuary in the Eastern States as that con- 

 tained within the boundaries of the Sieur de Monts National 

 Monument, created by Executive Order through the Monu- 

 ment Act, July 8, 1916. 



The sum asked by Secretary Lane for its protection and de- 

 velopment is certainly moderate when one considers the impor- 

 tance of the territory, and it is greatly needed. 



Trusting that you and your Committee may pass favorably 

 on this matter, I remain, with best wishes, 



Yours very truly 

 (Signed) T. Gilbert Pearson 



