Darien, Wis., Nov. 25, 1935.

Dr. Aldo Leopold,
College of Agriculture,
Madison, Wis.
Dear Doctor:
I have your letter of the 21st, and am glad
to learn you are interested in my proposition in the establish-
ment of a wild goose refuge.
Gilbert Gigatead of the Conservation Commission
was down here a couple of times last spring, and is acquainted
with the proposed site and he is very anxious that something be
done as soon as possible in procuring a suitable location. As
mentioned in my previous letter, I have been unable to get any
action from the Conservation Commission, claiming they have no
money available for this kind of work.
I have been very much disappointed this fall in
the migration of the Canada geese. Todate I have seen only
one flock pass over, and according to reports there are
practically no geese on Lake Geneva, while other years during
migration they were very numerous. About four years ago, I
predicted that it would be only a matter of a few years when
we would have no geese pass over or stop here during the fall
migration, and it now looks as if I was not far off when I
made the assertion, although I really did not think it would
happen this soon. For years I have advocated the establishing
of refuges for wild geese, especially when the geese were
plentiful, but never got nowheres. I did all I could with my
little farm, which I told yon about in my last letter, and I
still believe that it is not too late to go ahead and bring the
geese back, but we must act at once and when the spring migration
start, every effort possible should be made to have a refuge
ready for them, and I feel that most of the geese will return
in the fall.
I will be pleased to have yo come down hereand
look over the refuge site I have in mind. You can reach me at
the Smith Service Station on US. highway 14 in Darien.
Ve) tr ly yours,
4.W.Turner, Box 132, Darien.