Record #:

36610

Author(s):

Gerwin, John

Abstract:

The author talks about how bird feathers were used in women’s hats and market that developed around that. The destruction of bird populations lead to game wardens, laws against feather hunting, and Conservation Acts to protect birds.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. Vol. 53 Issue No. 1, , p24-27, il

Subject(s):

Birds, Protection of

Record #:

2834

Author(s):

Cecelski, David

Abstract:

In the late 1800s and early 1900s, demands by hat makers for plumage and restaurants for bird meat brought near extinction to coastal flocks. Efforts by T. Gilbert Pearson and others led to conservation laws that restored the birds by World War II.

Source:

Coastwatch (NoCar QH 91 A1 N62x), Vol. Issue , Mar/Apr 1996, p20-23, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Birds, Protection of; Wildlife conservation--Laws and legislation; Pearson, T. Gilbert (Thomas Gilbert), 1873-1943

Record #:

35651

Author(s):

Hunter, Chris

Abstract:

Thinking like one included creating a conducive environment, which included providing nesting boxes and a favorable habitat. Providing a conducive environment may help to assure the survival of this bird, who was on the brink of extinction from the late 1930s to early 1970s.

Source:

Tar Heel (NoCar F 251 T37x), Vol. 6 Issue 3, May/June 1978, p40-42

Subject(s):

Bluebirds; Birds, Protection of; Birds--Conservation