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July, 1920 
FOREST AND STREAM 
FORESTanSSTREAM 
F0RTY-EIGHTH YEAR 
FOUNDERS OF THE AUDUW3N SOCIETY 
ADVISORY BOARD 
GEORGE BISS GRINNELL, New Y*rk, N. Y. 
OARX E. Xt Y . Am eri can Museum 9t Natural History, New York. 
EBMUND TWTW U 9witksoni»n Iistitutiaa, Washington, D. C. 
WjLTRE-B H. W MI, Fi#14 Museum »f Nntaral Histery, Chicago, 111. 
JOHN M. F 1gTX l> S, Pennsylvania 6m* Cammissien, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
CHAHLES 9QU6N, -Wankfnytea, ». C. 
GEORGE SHIRAS, 3rd, Waskiagtsn, B. C. 
WILLIAM BRVXTTE, Editor 
JOHN P. HOLMAN, Asseeiate Ed iter 
TOM WOOS, Manager 
Nine East Fertietk Street, New York City 
THE OBJECT OF THIS JOURNAL WILL BE TO 
studiously promote a healthful interest in outdoor rec- 
reation, and a refined taste for natural objects . 
August 14, 1873. 
THE PUBLIC AROUSED 
HT HE proposal to grant to a private association the 
right to construct reservoirs and irrigation 
canals in the southwest corner of the Yellow- 
stone Park — the Falls River district — has aroused 
interest wherever it has been heard of. A number 
of newspapers have printed editorial protests 
against the action, as well as many letters from cor- 
respondents. 
On Tuesday, May 25th, a hearing on the bill was 
held in Washington before the Rules Committee of 
the House of Representatives, and Congressman 
Smith spoke for the bill and urged the Rules Com- 
mittee to report favorably his resolution for a rule 
to bring the bill at once before the House for a vote. 
There were present other advocates of the bill, and 
also representatives of many associations opposed 
to the use of the Yellowstone National Park for 
commercial purposes. Among these last were the 
American Civic Association, the Bureau of National 
Parks, the Association of Landscape Architects, the 
Boone and Crockett Club, the New York Zoological 
Society, the American Museum of Natural History, 
the National Association of Audubon Societies, the 
American Alpine Club, the Field Museum of Natural 
History, the Campfire Club of America, the Chicago 
Campfire Club, the National Parks Association, the 
Appalachian Club, and the Associated Mountaineer- 
ing Clubs. . Thus several hundred thousand of the 
great public had sent men who should speak for and 
represent that vastly greater public which owns, 
and for nearly fifty years has owned, rights in the 
Yellowstone Park, which now are threatened. 
The arrangements for the meeting were made by 
Miss Eleanor E. Marshall, and while every oppor- 
tunity was given to the opponents of the Smith bill 
to present their case, the time of the hearing was 
not long enough for each of the representatives to 
speak. Nevertheless, a full presentation of the matter 
was made, and the subject was looked at from a 
variety of angles. The members of the Rules Com- 
mittee asked many questions, showing intelligent 
interest in the Park, and Hon. P. P. Campbell, the 
Chairman, was most patient and courteous. 
The result of the hearing may not be known for 
some time ; but if a report of it is printed, it will be 
an effective document for use in informing the great 
public of the dangers that threaten the Yellowstone 
and our whole national park system. 
BIRD BANDING 
T 1 HE Bureau of Biogolical Survey at Washington, 
D. C., has taken over the work formerly carried 
on under the auspices of the Linnaean Society of 
New York by the American Bird Banding Associa- 
tion. In taking over this work the Bureau feels that 
it should express the debt that students of orni- 
thology in this country owe to Mr. Howard H. 
Cleaves for the devotion and success with which he 
has conducted this investigation up to a point where 
it has outgrown the possibilities of his personal 
supervision. 
Under plans now being formulated this work will 
give a great amount of invaluable information con- 
cerning the migration and distribution of North 
American birds which will be of direct service in the 
administration of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, 
as well as of much general scientific interest. 
It is desired to develop this work along two prin- 
cipal lines : — first, the trapping and banding of 
waterfowl, especially ducks and geese, on both their 
breeding and winter grounds ; and secondly, the sys- 
tematic trapping of land birds as initiated by Mr. 
S. Prentiss Baldwin, the early results of which have 
been published by him in the Proceedings of the 
Linnaean Society of New York, No. 31, 1919, pp. 
23-55. It is planned to enlist the interest and ser- 
vices of volunteer workers, who will undertake to 
operate and maintain trapping stations throughout 
the year, banding new birds and recording the data 
from those previously banded. The results from a 
series of stations thus operated will undoubtedly 
give new insight into migration routes; speed of 
travel during migration ; longevity of species ; aflinity 
for the same nesting-site year after year ; and, in 
addition, furnish a wealth of information relative 
to the behavior of the individual, heretofore impos- 
sible because of the difficulty of keeping one par- 
ticular bird under observation. 
The details of operation are now receiving close 
attention, and as soon as possible the issue of bands 
will be announced, with full information regarding 
the methods to be followed and the results expected. 
In the meantime, the Biological Survey will be glad 
to receive communications from those sufficiently in- 
terested and satisfactorily located to engage in this 
work during their leisure time, for it is obvious that 
a considerable part must be done by volunteer opera- 
tors. It is hoped that a sufficient number will take 
this up to insure the complete success of the project. 
LEAGUE OF WILD LIFE PHOTOGRAPHERS 
T N recent years wild life photography has become a 
1 subject of much popular interest. Photographs of 
. wild life are frequently objects of great beauty or 
they may have high educational value, prove or 
demonstrate facts of scientific interest. Obtaining 
such photographs often requires skill and determina- 
tion in hunting to an even higher degree than the 
pursuit of game with firearms. 
At a meeting on May 4 of some of the leaders in 
this field at the American Museum of Natural His- 
tory a “League of Wild Life Photographers” 
