. Bird lore . ce in the formand care of sanctuaries and work for birds on private estates, large and small,have been numerous and have been scrupulously attended to by the has been watched and no unfavorable bills have been passed. In general, your field agent for Massachusetts has found that the persistentadvocacy of bird-protection throughout New England is having steadily in- 412 Bird- Lore creased results. He feels that the always prompt and generously renderedencouragement and support of the Headquarters office at New York has muchto do with such success as his own effor
. Bird lore . ce in the formand care of sanctuaries and work for birds on private estates, large and small,have been numerous and have been scrupulously attended to by the has been watched and no unfavorable bills have been passed. In general, your field agent for Massachusetts has found that the persistentadvocacy of bird-protection throughout New England is having steadily in- 412 Bird- Lore creased results. He feels that the always prompt and generously renderedencouragement and support of the Headquarters office at New York has muchto do with such success as his own efforts have met, and, assured of this supportand encouragement, goes forward hopeful of increased results during the comingyear. REPORT OF WILLIAM L. FINLEY, FIELD AGENT FORTHE PACIFIC COAST STATES The greatest blow.^t the conservation of wild birds on the Pacific Coast isthe almost certain desffjaction of our two large Federal wild-bird reservations,Lower Klamath and Malheur Lakes. The destruction of Klamath Lake. WILLIAM L. L1XLE\ lAKlNG MOTION PICTURES OI \UUMt WHILE PELICANS. MALHEUR LAKE RESERVATION, ORE. Photographed by Irene Finley Reservation has been accomplished by the drying up of the water, caused bycutting off the flow of water from Klamath River. The Reclamation Servicehas done this by building a dyke across the river. Lower Klamath Lake was a stretch of about fifteen miles of open water,surrounded on all sides by miles of tula marsh. Untold thousands of Ducks,Geese, Pelicans, Terns, Herons, and other birds made this place one of the great-est wild-fowl nurseries in the United States. Because of this. President Roose-velt, at the request of the National Association of Audubon Societies, madeit a national bird-reservation on August 8, 1908. It was a great living monu-ment to his memory, but now it looks like a desert waste. To complete thedevastation, fires were started months ago in the vast tule marsh. Not onlythe surface, but below the surface into the tule roots an
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