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Hon. Stewart Udall, Secretary of the Interior (left), congratulates Carl W. 
Buchheister, President of the National Audubon Society, on the success of 
that group’s wildlife sanctuary program. Photo by Walter Marks, Miami, Fla. 
Dr. Edward C. Crafts, Director of the new Bureau of Outdoor Recrea- 
tion, shared a panel discussion on wilderness values with Howard Zahniser 
of the Wilderness Society and Dr. Roger Tory Peterson, Secretary of the 
National Audubon Society. Dr. Crafts warned that there is a great conflict 
over winter sports and wilderness values; that there is conflict over use 
of land for leisure and for business interests. He discussed the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund, stating that the states have a key role in this 
effort; thet public agencies must obtain recreation land and must obtain 
it soon. User fees will help to pay some of the costs. 
Several states have moved quickly to approve recreation proposals, 
including Florida, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. Dr. Peterson warned 
that the governor of Hawaii has demanded that the federal government 
release the Leeward Islands National Wildlife Refuge to the state. The 
National Audubon Society has protested this move, since administration of 
the refuge would be greatly weakened and the land would become subject 
to exploitation. Peterson appealed for protests directed to the Director of 
the Bureau of the Budget, Kermit Gordon. 
One feature of the convention was a discussion on the need for more 
nature centers throughout the country to help interpret nature and the land 
