Several strong national organizations are doing great service in
forwarding the conservation of wild life, as the National Geographic
Society, the National Association of Audubon Societies, American Bison
Society, Boone and Crockett Club, New York Zoölogical Society, American
Game Protective and Propagation Association, Permanent Wild Life
Protective Fund, and others. In addition, a large number of unofficial
State organizations have been formed to assist in this work.
Through the authorization by Congress, the Federal Government is
actively engaged in efforts for the protection and increase of our
native birds and mammals. This work is done mainly through the Bureau
of Biological Survey of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, which
is in charge of the several Federal large-game preserves and nearly
seventy bird reservations.
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