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Feather Fashions, and Hunter-Naturalists

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In a sense, the hunter-naturalist created a false economy which
caused value inflation of the game species. Rather than viewing the
outdoors as a repository of cheap produce, the hunter-naturalist
nourished the experience and the process of predation on the wilds, so
that each episode became more "expensive" or, perhaps, imbued with
greater intrinsic value.
University of Illinois

Jon Griffin Donlon

Notes
1 The active conservation movement in the United States may be associated
with four magazines which began in the late nineteenth century and formed
a text base for the quick, country-wide distribution of ideas. These four
were, first, American Sportsman (1871), then Forest and Stream (1873), with
Field and Stream (1874) and finally The American Angler (1881) following
along. Charles Bird Grinnel, a prime figure in the conservation field, was
nature editor of what might be thought the most progressive. Forest and
Stream.
2 Concerns raised during the colossal bison kill-off echoed a growing national
feeling that wildlife should be shielded from the worst offenses of
commercial predation. Using the bison example, legislation proposed in
1874 to prevent the slaughter of the plains buffalo within the territories of
the United States had been passed by Congress only to be pigeon-holed by
President Grant, then, a hopeful sign, in 1897 Montana provided felony
punishment of a two year prison term for the same offense.

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