National conservation leaders meet with Metcalf in August 1961 to discuss legislative strategy regarding the proposed national wilderness preservation system bill.  Pictured, left to right, standing, Alden J. Erskin, president of the Izaak Walton League; Phil Schneider, president of the International Association of Game, Fish and Conservation Commissioners; Tom Kimball, executive director of the National Wildlife Federation; Carl W. Buchheister, president of the National Audubon Society; and left to right, seated, C.R. Gutermuth, chairman of the Natural Resources Council of America; Metcalf; and Ira N. Gabrielson, president of the Wildlife Management Institute
National conservation leaders meet with Metcalf in August 1961 to discuss legislative strategy regarding the proposed national wilderness preservation system bill. Pictured, left to right, standing, Alden J. Erskin, president of the Izaak Walton League; Phil Schneider, president of the International Association of Game, Fish and Conservation Commissioners; Tom Kimball, executive director of the National Wildlife Federation; Carl W. Buchheister, president of the National Audubon Society; and left to right, seated, C.R. Gutermuth, chairman of the Natural Resources Council of America; Metcalf; and Ira N. Gabrielson, president of the Wildlife Management Institute