Wildlife Refuges (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Wildlife Refuges This book was originally planned to tell the story of the national wildlife refuge system administered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. As the work progressed it became increasingly evident that the history and philosophy of all types of refuges were so completely intermingled that all should be treated as a unit. The plan of work was therefore revised. While the book is still largely the story of the national refuges, enough of the history and status of all types of refuges in North America has been included to give an overall picture of present conditions. The greatly enlarged scope of the work has required the omission of many interesting phases of this fascinating conservation story. However, within space limitations, the details that make the refuge story such a gripping drama for those who have been privileged to have a part in it have been retained. My thanks are due to those in the service who reviewed the manuscript, notably W. L. McAtee, H. P. Sheldon, J. Clark Salyer II, Dr. Clarence Cottam and Frank Earnshaw, each of whom offered valuable suggestions and criticisms. Dr. H. L. Shantz has reviewed the part covering the refuges administered by the Forest Service, and V. H. Cahalane and C. C. Presnall have performed the same service for the section dealing with national parks. The governments of Canada and Mexico, the state conservation departments, and the private organizations that maintain refuges have been most generous in furnishing information on which various chapters are based. The information on the national refuges is naturally from the files of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service or from published material based on them. The story has, however, been written against a background of personal observation, in the course of which every major national refuge, except one, has been visited at least once. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.