The Project Gutenberg EBook of Conservation Reader, by Harold W. FairbanksThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.orgTitle: Conservation ReaderAuthor: Harold W. FairbanksRelease Date: October 16, 2008 [EBook #26935]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CONSERVATION READER ***Produced by Chris Curnow, Verity White, Joseph Cooper andthe Online Distributed Proofreading Team athttp://www.pgdp.netimage1Nat'l Ass'n Audubon SocietiesThe passenger pigeon, an extinct species.CONSERVATION SERIESCONSERVATION READERBYHAROLD W. FAIRBANKSAuthor of "Home Geography, Stories of OurMother Earth," "Rocks and Minerals,""The Western United States,""Practical Physiography,""Geography of California,"etc.ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTOGRAPHS ANDWITH REPRODUCTIONS OF PAINTINGSIN COLORYONKERS-ON-HUDSON, NEW YORKWORLD BOOK COMPANY1920WORLD BOOK COMPANYTHE HOUSE OF APPLIED KNOWLEDGEEstablished, 1905, by Caspar W. HodgsonYonkers-on-Hudson, New York2126 Prairie Avenue, ChicagoThe need for education in the principles of conservation is imperative. As Henry Fairfield Osborn states the matter, "Weare yet far from the point where the momentum of conservation is strong enough to arrest and roll back the tide ofdestruction." The movement for the preservation ...
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