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Show IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE AND j ITS ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED wiM-MV anil l'i.h rcfu1. Set aside as a wild-life refuse in 192$. T. Western Ducks: Pi omoted a ".Savfi the Western Ducks' Cam- paiiui" in lyiiT. Legislation approved ap-proved by President Joolidt;e April 24. 192$, to appropriate $350,000 for 'flooding- almost IOO.OnO acres of the 'Brni' River Marshes. : S. National Forests: Took a prominent part in seeurins; legislation legisla-tion in 192S establishing a definite program of national forest pur- chases in the Lake states, the south ! and the east. j 9. Royal Gorge: Through the efforts of the league, and cooperating cooperat-ing groups, the destruction of the j beauty of the Royal Gorge in Colorado Colo-rado by power interests was avert-' ed in 192S. 10. National Refuge System: The league played an outstanding part! in the passage of the Norbeck-Andresen Norbeck-Andresen refuge bill (signed by j President Coolidge February IS j 1929), establishing; a nationwide! system of inviolate federal refuges, land authorizing the expenditure of j 558.000,000. I'.y i.WtIv ANUKKSOX Theix- are several national organizations organi-zations in the United Slates inter-cited inter-cited in tin? conservation of our fcrests and wild life It seems that any cause worthy of promotion eventually finds organized support iu America. The phenomenal growth of the Izaak Walton league in numbers and strength is no doubt due to the fact that it is working and lighting for the things that a great majority of the people want. The league is not only trying to preserve our forests for-ests and wild life for the enjoyment of future generations but it is making mak-ing these things accessible to this generation. ! National Consciousness The Izaak Walton league has done j more than any oilier one organization organiza-tion to develop a well bi.tnced na-; na-; tional consciousness respecting America's out-of-doors. The league is not just a group of fishermen as the name of the organization or-ganization suggests However the leaders in this movement recognize the close relationship between wild life conservation and forest preservation. preser-vation. Any wise fisherman is a backer of the league just as the forester for-ester and the. nature lover see the value of the league's porgram. No other conservation organization organiza-tion has been so persistent and successful suc-cessful in getting its message over i to the great mass of the American ; people. For the first time we now j have the various groups interested in this great out-door problem gathered under one banner. The league champions the cause of our national forest administration because within the forests true democracy de-mocracy still prevails for the sportsman and the recreationist. The Izaak Walton league intends to help in keeping it this way. The league backs our national park program pro-gram because here again private monoply is prevented and every American has an equal opportunity of enjoying the wonders of these "outdoor activities." The farreaching benefits and accomplishments ac-complishments of the Izaak Walton League of America will, in a large measure, always be those local achievements which because of their very number will not attract wide publicity. A few outstanding projects are: 1. Upper Mississippi Refuge : Started campaign in 1923 resulting in setting aside the Upper Mississippi Missis-sippi Wild Life and Fish Retuge containing 300,000 acres devoted to the preservation of wild life and to recreation. 2. Elk Refuge: Started campaign early in 1925 to save the Jackson Hole elk herd. Raised $40,000, pur-, chased 2.000 acres of hay lands, and focuseel public attention upon the needs of these animals. Refuge presented pre-sented to government in 1927. 3. Bass Law: Sponsored the em actment of the Hawes law, ap proved by President Coolidgo May 20, 1926, to stop the marketing of black bass throughout The United States. 4. Superior Forest: Saved the Superior National forest in northern Minnesota as a wilderness area. 5. Pollution Campaign: In 1927 inaugurated the first real nationwide nation-wide anti-pollution campagin, resulting re-sulting in a program of water purification puri-fication far greater than ever before attempted. 6. Horicon Marsh: In 1924 started start-ed a campaign to restore the Horicon Hor-icon Marsh, Wisconsin, containing approximately 40,000 acres, as a |