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Show JflOTECTIIOF WILD FOVL IS ASSURED '""' ' " ' ' "' . ' : New Orleans Man Undertakes Under-takes Stwardship in , Interest of Birds ' ORUr.AN8. aW tl Br -A. r.i Reinforced by a taff of seven wardens la hla awn ampler, by tha moral aupport of l ha ataia of Lou- lelena. to which ha only recently converei (ha Rockefeller Baca and . Ftatney-Mellhenny Kama preaervea, r.t and by goo sportsmen everywhere. Ldward avery Mrllhenny la now undertaking a alawardahlp In tha Intaraat of wild -life protactlon. Already an Informal advlaor and overseer for tha atala In connection with mora than tot aquara mllea ''territory. Mr. Mcllhennr haa takaa eontrol or aoma lfto.ooft acres of lead la tha kaart ( tba Uulf coaat game regions. . Mrllhenny haa for aoma tlma owned 1t.au icm or around, and JMy a fw dara ago obtained II.- eos aeree mora In tha wild fowl feeding areunda. Thla land eonetl- Sseee praatHalty-alr that If laft or .. feeding (round except tha ter-Ii'?r? ter-Ii'?r? ,n em Preeervea Mr. Mcllnenny, aftar aararal months re- . oulred to elaar up tltla to all tha around in question, ha Just ea-anunced ea-anunced hla nurchaa. . Tha Ignlfirance of Mr. McTI-henny'a McTI-henny'a announcement la tn "tha fact that with hla acquisition of tha grount tha million of ducks, gessa and othar Kama bird which coma from tha north to faad hara In win. tar ara assure of permanent feed-. feed-. Ing grounde and parmanant pro-1 . taction agalnet unscrupulous hunt-j ara and commarctal exploitation. Already Mr. Mc-Ilhennv la being con-grstulated con-grstulated y sportsmen for hla far-glghted far-glghted program. Mr. Mcllhanny haa announced no Plana with regard to lha-tract ha baa acquired othar than to aay that I Soma will ha protected and safeguarded. safe-guarded. With thla 100,00a axrea In handa friendly to will Ufa. fame will be eefen-uardod la all tha tar. t m' tMaana water. Itlt. wlM e1rr. coentailo, tc. to tirct th fowl. Tbo rooaoB why th wonderful flramo mitpljr of forty yoaro art hu 'dIaoplM'Oxod.' aatd Mr, Mcllhemay. "t. that lh sreat alatoa auch aa Iowa, llllmola. InJtaa and Ohio, across tha heart of.th contlnont. rave, been cult Urates! to the point where migratory blrda can find ao piece te el.cht and feed. If we do not dovelop a winter' homo for hee rea flocka In leoulalana. they will paaa from Canada aad the A rt le. onto South America, and become only a memory la tbo ..UaJtod Statea." ' m&ry from Uio month of the M la aieelppl to Taxaa. 8eventy-f1v mlloa of coaat line alona; the suTf will bo protected, atui the total area Inland la approxl-aiately approxl-aiately TO aquar mllea. Thla ti -rttory Includee the . Rockefeller foundation of 8 MO Bore; the Ralney-Mcllhenny and Loulilana atate wild llfo refaareo of S3, 000 acreo; tha Satro foundation of fa.. 00 acres, and the property bow controlled hy Mr. Mclihenny. i tie Gulf of Mexico la .the aouth line, and tha White lake anl the Louisiana Louis-iana rice fields form the northern boundary. Keedleaa to aay thla territory ter-ritory la a paradise for blrda com-In com-In Trom aa far north aa tna aio-tto aio-tto Circle to feed for. th winter aa well aa for hunters. If they could get Into the around and run wild. Sportsmen aenerally are -familiar with Mr. Mcllhenay'a work la the direction of same conservation. Be-aMnnlnar Be-aMnnlnar aoveral year aaro ho de voted aBuch tlm aad money to ac-qalrlnc ac-qalrlnc rrounl for the same pro-aervea. pro-aervea. Boaldea rlvlnff liuid of hte own, he obtained vrsata.from otn-era otn-era He now ha oa hla own tor rttory a equad of. aovaa wardens who patrol th district and aeo that the Uws are obeyed. They aro safearuardlna; not only th Sam bird feed in (rounde. hut tne bsnnts of th Innumerable deer and hear, to aay nothing of the otter, mink, musk rots, squirrel, rabbit and other amall erazne. Ltke moat of the roual tn this re Ion. Mr. Mcllhenny'a 100.009 acre tract la of extremely fertile Boll and suited to many profitable crop. But -t la developing It not with agriculture la mind. Instead h le organlalag aa interlacing system of canala. ponds and lakea. Many of thee have been and all will be sown with auch game bird delloo.ee |