"Most insects have enemies to bite them. The spreads death among injurious grubs. Efforts to control forest-enemies will embrace the giving of aid and comfort to those insects that prey upon them. Bugs will be hunted with bugs. Already the in the is being fought in this way. Many species of birds feed freely upon s, borers, and beetles. Of these birds, the s are the most important. They must be protected and encouraged."
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Non-fiction authors from the United StatesEnvironmentalists from the United StatesPeople from KansasNaturalists from the United States
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(355 pages; quote from p. 188; chapter reprinted from The Saturday Evening Post; text of The Spell of the Rockies at archive.org)
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Enos Mills
(April 22, 1870 – September 21, 1922) was an American naturalist, conservationist, author, photographer, and lecturer, known for his essential role in the creation of .
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