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AMKRICAX FORESTRY 



exerted by the preservation of the animals in the park 

 and the constant increment to their number from that 

 source. In addition the usefulness of this park to the 

 game supply of the country is well shown in the fact 

 that during the last five years over 1700 elk have been 

 shipped from there and from Jackson Hole for restocking 

 the ranges in 20 states, which were formerly the home 

 of elk but where they hadbeen nearly or quite exterminated. 



From Biological Survey. 



ANTELOPE Ii\ THE WIND CAVE NATIONAL GAME PRESERVE 



This is at Hot Springs, South Dakota, and there should be many more like it. The hunting of antelope 



in the United States is now generally prohibited. 



In addition to its notable ser\4ce in 

 saving the elk, the Yellowstone Park has 

 protected in its native home the last small 

 herd of buffalo that has continued to exist 

 in its original home in the United States. 



Another most interesting and valu- 

 able result of the protection of game in 

 the Yellowstone has been the preservation 

 from destruction of a moose peculiar to 

 that region. These moose once occupied 

 a considerable area, but the survivors 

 are now reduced to about 1500 in the 

 park and a much smaller number in the 

 immediately adjacent country on the 

 south. There are also within the park 

 limits several hundred antelope and 

 mountain sheep. 



With its thousands of herbivorous 

 mammals, the Yellowstone contains 

 wolves, mountain lions, black and grizzly 

 bears, animals among the most notable 

 and interesting of American large game. 

 This park, with its wealth of wild life, 

 has been a wonderful object lesson in game preservation 

 which, as a precedent, has had a powerful influence in 

 encouraging the setting aside of other wild life sanc- 

 tuaries, both Federal and state. 



The interest of the visitors to the Yellowstone in its 

 game animals evidences the strength of the attraction 



which wild life has for all. Despite the scenic beauties 

 and natural wonders of this park, the presence of thou- 

 sands of game animals in their native haunts is widely 

 advertised as one of its most notable features. There is 

 scarcelv a well-informed man, woman or child in this 

 country who does not know something of the Yellowstone 

 bears and their free and easy manners. 



Glacier National Park is also a game sanctuar\- where, 

 under government protection, elk, moun- 

 tain sheep and mountain goats add 

 greatly to the interest excited by the 

 grandeur of the scenery. 



For many years there was no Federal 

 law protecting game in the Yellowstone 

 until, in 1894, a poacher wantonly killed 

 a number of buffalo for trophies. This 

 outrage resulted in the prompt passage 

 by Congress of the necessary law, since 

 which time the park herds have been 

 safer from lawless hunters. 



It is hoped that in the near future 

 California will cede jurisdiction over the 

 National Parks within her boundaries and 

 thus enable the Interior Department to 

 exercise complete guardianship over the 

 game in Yosemite and Sequoia National 

 Parks. While the variety and abundance 

 of large animal life there can never equal 

 that in the Yellowstone, at the same time 



From Biological Survey. 



ROCKY MOUNTAIN SHEEP IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK 



If there is a series of game refuges and proper control of the game it will be a simple matter to 

 restock or breed up game on the National Forests to a reasonable abundance, so that excellent 

 hunting of even such species as the Rocky Mountain sheep may be obtained. 



the numerous black bears and deer which frequent the 

 wooded lower slopes, and the mountain sheep peculiar 

 to the high Sierras, will add the finishing touches to the 

 marvels of this wonderful area of tremendous mountain 

 peaks, rushing torrents and magnificent forests. 



An Act creating the Mount McKinley National Park. 



