Summary of annual and biennial report of the Department of Conservation made by Commissioner Herman C. Wenzel. Document includes summary of the duties of new position of commissioner (per reorganization of 1937), and statement of accomplishments: the creation of a State-wide Conservation Advisory Council, the implementation of the 1937 reorganization legislation, and full accounts of individual division accomplishments. The commissioner also outlines proposed legislation and the proposal of a Water Conservation Program and Policy statement.
Aerial view of the Duluth Zoo at Fairmount Park at 71st Avenue West and Grand Avenue dates back to 1923 when West Duluth businessman Bert Onsgard received permission from the City to construct a pen for Billy, his pet deer. The Pittsburgh Steel Company donated a railroad car full of fencing to the project. By 1926 many animals were donated to the zoo by local citizens and businesses. Over the next twenty years, several buildings were constructed and the animal collection grew to include bears, elk, moose, hyenas, leopards and an elephant. During the Depression the WPA built several structures including the bear dens, wolf pens, monkey islands and the elephant house.
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections