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Show i f y - - , ,, - ' Tun j WOULD Ol TlMMHtS . Goal for 1958: Protect our Public Pub-lic Lands! Such is the announced objective of the National Wildlife Federation, Federa-tion, a citizens group which has a total membership in excess of two million persons. The National Wildlife Federation is not a government gov-ernment agency, but rather an association of state federations or leagues and their affiliated local conservation clubs. The activities of the Federation will be brought to national attention atten-tion during National Wildlife Week. March 16-22, but the efforts of this group of citizens in the field of conservation are not limited to this one week in the year. The Federation supports a year-round program of education and publicity I designed to bring about an in- i formed public opinion that will in- j sure the preservation and protec-lion protec-lion of our public lands that will save our streams from pollution, our fields from erosion, our forests from fire, and prevent encroachment encroach-ment on established game refuges. It is a people's program financed by civic-minded persons through the nation who every year send in small contributions in exchange for Wildlife Conservation Stamps. Saving our public lands is a responsibility that belongs to all of us. Soils, water, minerals, plants, animals, scenery and wildernessthese wild-ernessthese are all part of a heritage which we must preserve, protect and pass on to the generations genera-tions that are yet to come. Our privilege to use them brings with it the obligation to see that our public lands are not abused We hope that the National Wildlife Federation, with the help of civic minded persons everywhere, can make the business of protecting our public lands a matter of concern con-cern for every American. O |