Evening star., 1944-01-21
Junior Audubon Clubs
Urged at 4Sth Annual
Meeting Of Society

Pleas for the development of
young people for future conservation
leadership were voiced at the 48th
annual meeting Of the Audubon So
ciety OF the District Of Columbia
last night as increased propagation
of wild life birds under war condi-
tions was cited by national spokes-
men.
Joining Donald Edward McHenry
OF the National Capital Parks Serv-
Ice in urging formation of more
Junior Audubon Clubs in District
schools was DR.. T. S. Palmer, charter
member and a former society presi-
dent. DR.. Palmer said coming gen.
erations should be informed, through
accurate documents. of Washing
tons great contribution to Amer
lean ornithology." He said II is
not too soon for the Audubon So
ciety to make postwar plans for en-
larging the scope of its activities.
Rise In Migratory Fowl.
Frederick c. Lincoln OF the United
States Fish and Wild Life Service,
discussing migratory game birds, re-
ported that ducks and geese have
increased to 10000, 900, compared
with 27,000,0 900 population in 1895.
In fact, he asserted, their propaga-
ton has been SO rapid as to impose
an economic problem-that of TAX
ing care of these fowl in winter
The War Production Board aided in
the wartime increase, he said, by
placing ammunition on the priority
list, thus reducing the number of
huntsmen.
DR.. Alexander Wetmore, assistant
secretary of the Smithsonian Institu-
tion, told of the discovery of a bird
species, previously unknown to
scientists, through fossils found in
Florida. He described the bird as
an "overgrown buzzard" somewhat
resembling condor, but having
legs twice as long as a turkey buz-
zard but wings only half as long,
1t ran along the ground, he as
serted. He also discussed birds sup
posedly extinct in the Mexico-to-
Bolivia range.
Recounts Sanctuary Fight
DR.. Paul Bartsch of the National
Museum. recounting efforts to es-
tablish a game sanctuary near Fort
Belvoir, Va, said the proposal was
being resisted by the Virginia Game
and Inland Fisheries Commission.
He asked senior Audubon members
to devote more time to training
young people in nature study and
bird lore
John H. Baker, representing the
National Audubon Society, told the
more than 100 members present that
the last surviving ivory bill wood
pecker was existing in a Louisiana
hardwood section last week. Efforts
to get commercial lumber owners
to make the area a game refuge, he
said, met with failure.
DR.. John w. Aldrich, society pres
ident. reiterated that the society,
which earlier went on record as op-
posing the construction of power
dams in the Potomac Gorge area.
would fight this dragon again." in
the interest of preserving scientific
beauty and wild life habitats near
the Nations Capital
The following members were
elected to the Executive Committee,
which will elect officers: John Bes-
, son, Miss Ruth Boyer, Mrs. Walter
Bingham. c. l.. Camp, w. Drew
Chick, Miss Airline Dufour, Mrs. L.
D. Miner, Mrs. Robert Reese. Miss
Wilma Stark, Maj. Bradner Smith,
Miss Katherine Scrivener, Mrs. John
Van Schaick, G. r. Shoemaker, DR..
Richard Tousey and Joseph Wade.
Honorary vice presidents elected
are Theodore w. Noyes, Mrs. Ver-
non Bailey, DR.. Frank Ballou.
DR.. Bartsch, Mrs. Charles j. Bell,
DR.. George F. Bowerman, Miss Mary
r. Brickenstein, DR.. Ira N. Gabriel
son, DR.. Gilbert H. Grosvenor, DR..
L. o. Howard, Ernest Knaebel, DR..
William Mann, L. Mccormick Good
hart, DR.. H. c. Oberholser. Miss
Mary D. Suter, DR.. R. V. Truitt. DR..
John Van Schaick, jr., and DR.. Wet