Lumbermen and Sportsmen's Map, 1894
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Maine Historical Society
In 1875, the National Sportsmen's Association began and Field and Stream began publication.
Both supported limits on hunting and fishing that would help conserve the resources. They also promoted ideas about ethical hunting and fishing.
The ideas the magazine and group promoted helped to spur passage of laws like the 1883 Maine law.
Many, in fact, thought the 1883 law tilted toward the interests of conservation and sportsmen's groups.
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