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The article looks into the role of Conservation 70's Inc. to the advancement of environmental conservation in Florida. The article presented highlights of the various events and programs initiated by the organization. The author pointed out that as the legislative session with the matters of environmental issues lengthened, more support for conservation appeared with the lawmakers, while the special interests plied their trade influence. Environmental policies have been successful at the end of the 1970 legislative session wherein forty-one conservation bills were passed by both the House and Senate.

The article offers information on the nature reserve movement in Great Britain. The preservation of plants and animals shows increasing interest which naturalists may be proud of, and a few remarks regarding the series of actions done in England. The Ashmolean Natural History Society of Oxfordshire in 1902 is the good example that currently known as the "Rusin Reserve". The Brent Valley Branch of the Selborne Society also contribute to the preservation of a wood of 19 acres in extent. In addition, a list of the objectives that is officially stated by the Society for the Promotion of Nature Reserves, a newly-formed organization, is presented. Moreover, a list of the various Societies addressing their interests is presented.