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Bird Sanctuaries 



Following- out a recently established policy of the Division of 

 Forestry of the Board of Ag-riciilture and Forestry to manage 

 the government lands in forest reserves throughout the Territory 

 so that they will serve as sanctuaries where wild game and other 

 birds may breed and multiply unmolested, hereafter, and until 

 further notice, no permits will be issued for hunting birds on 

 such lands. 



This stand is taken particularly to encourage the increase of 

 the golden pheasant which is not so plentiful in parts of the 

 Territory as it used to be and on which the 1919 Legislature has 

 placed a closed season of five years on the Island of Hawaii. 

 In view of the damage done by the mongoose in preventing the 

 spread of the pheasant combined wnth the numbers eliminated 

 by hunters during the open season, from Obtober 1 to January 

 31, it seems only reasonable that the pheasant should have some 

 localities where it can have a chance for increasing. The foot- 

 hill country in the forest reserves is a suitable location for this 

 purpose. 



Hunters who have been accustomed to pursue the pheasant in 

 the Kula Forest Reserve on the slopes of Haleakala on Maui, 

 may be disappointed at this ruling but should favor the plan be- 

 cause it will tend to increase a greater supply of birds on adja- 

 cent lands in this same region. 



City Watershed Protection 



Eighty-seven cities and towns of Oregon, Washington and 

 Alaska derive the water supply for their municipal water 

 works from the national forests of the North Pacific district, ac- 

 cording to a report just compiled in the District Forester's office. 

 Of these towns thirty-eight, having an estimated population of 

 392,000, are in Oregon ; forty-two, with a population of 634,000, 

 are in Washington; and seven, wath 15,000 people, are in Alaska. 



The larger towns of the district using national forest water 

 are Portland, Eugene, Oregon City, Roseburg, Albany, Bedford, 

 Ashland, Baker, La Grande, The Dalles, and Bend, Oregon ; 

 Seattle, Tacoma, Everett, Walla Walla, Yakima, Wenatchee, 

 Aberdeen, Port Angeles, Ellensburg, and Roslyn, Washington ; 

 and Anchorage, Cordova, Ketchikan, and Petersburg, Alaska. 



The Forest Service cooperates with the towns in protecting their 

 watersheds from fire and trespass, and every efifort is made to 



