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Conservation News and Notes 
By Dr. R. M. STRONG 
BALD EAGLE. The Secretary of the Interior has declared killing of the bald 
eagle in Alaska illegal except when found committing damage to fishes, 
other wild life, domestic birds or mammals. Possession or transportation of 
any part of the carcass of a bald eagle is also illegal. It is unlawful to 
possess or transport evidence, including feathers, of eagles on which to 
claim bounty payments. When this was written, the Territorial Legislature 
had not yet rescinded the bounty law, a curious situation. However, it 
appears that an applicant for a bounty would be exposed to prosecution and 
we trust that the territorial courts will enforce the ruling. 
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WILDLIFE REFUGES. The July-September number of the National Parks Ma- 
gazine reports concern by the trustees of the National Parks Association 
over “the increasing number of actions that tend to break down the security 
of the national wildlife refuges.” We may add that some smaller refuges 
need concern over their security. Road planners, miners, oil well agents, 
and hunters are often greedy for invasion of wildlife refuges. Their security 
depends on public support, and that means all of us. 
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Kry Deer. The tiny Key deer of the Florida Keys has faced extinction in 
recent years because of its limited distribution in a region where there 
are many enemies, including poachers, forest fires, dogs, and other hazards. 
Only about fifty of the little animals are left, and these apparently cannot 
survive without warden protection. 
A bill to set aside a sanctuary for this deer almost passed the 81st 
Congress, but was stopped by former Senator Forrest Donnell of Missouri, 
who used a technicality. The National Wildlife Federation has raised enough 
money to provide a special game-management agent for one year who will 
have the job of protecting the deer. This officer had that job during the 
past year on a salary provided by the Boone and Crockett Club of New 
York. Both a sanctuary and warden are needed. Many organizations have 
contributed to the fund for the salary this year. 
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INTEREST IN CONSERVATION. Though interest in conservation has increased 
greatly in recent years, most people know little about it, and still more 
do nothing about it. There is a curious indifference or sometimes hostility 
to talk about conservation unless it involves some local problem. There are 
members of conservation organizations who have this attitude to some 
extent. 
So-called pork barrel legislation is possible only because of the practice 
of trading votes in legislatures or in Congress. This makes it necessary 
for conservationists to support the defeat of unwise legislation even though 
it involves projects in other parts of the country, or of the world, for that 
matter. Much of our heavy taxation is due to pork barrel legislation. 
