Hite Ee OoN. BU EB de PN 49 
National Association of Audubon 
Societies Receives Large Gift 
T a meeting of the Board of Directors of the National Association 
A of Audubon Societies held in their offices on May 27, at 1974 
Broadway, Dr. T. Gilbert Pearson, the President, announced 
the receipt of a gift of $156,000 from Mrs. Grace Rainey Rogers. The 
sum is to be held as an endowment fund for the maintenance of the Paul 
J. Rainey Wild Life Sanctuary in Louisiana. This territory, owned by 
the late Mr. Rainey and used by him and his friends as a shooting pre- 
serve, was presented to the Audubon Association by his sister, Mrs. 
Rogers in 1924. The endowment is given in lieu of the annual contri- 
butions which she has hitherto provided for its upkeep. 
“This Louisiana Sanctuary is the largest of our bird reservations. 
For three years,” said Dr. Pearson, ‘‘we have been guarding these 42 
square miles of marsh. We do a good deal in the way of planting of 
duck foods and by other means seek to render the Sanctuary attractive 
to the vast swarms of wild fowl that resort to the region in winter. 
More than 50,000 wild geese were on the Sanctuary at one time the 
past season. One of the great needs today is for more wild life sanc- 
tuaries,” he added. ‘“‘Large areas where no shooting can ever be per- 
mitted are needed in order to insure the future supply of wild fowl. 
There should be a series of these along the lines of migratory flight down 
the Atlantic and Pacific seaboards, as well as throughout the length of 
the Mississippi Valley.” 
Friends of Dr. T. Gilbert Pearson will be glad to know that he 1s at 
last on the road to permanent recovery after a long siege. On June 17 
Dr. Pearson stopped over in Chicago for a couple of hours on his way to 
Alaska where he expects to investigate thoroughly the slaughter of the 
eagles that has aroused bird lovers all over the country. 

