the Olympia Mountains in Wash- 

 ington State and eventually liber- 

 ated on Afognak Island. These 

 large, deerlike animals have in- 

 creased slowly to a herd of about 

 350. The winter range is somewhat 

 restricted, which limits the poten- 

 tial size of the herd. 



This herd is a source of planting 

 stock for other areas, and gives 

 Alaska's fauna a welcome addition 

 that may one day supply trophies 

 for big-game hunters. 



the auspices of the Federal Govern- 

 ment. Fifty years later, the animal 

 that gave William F. Cody the 

 nickname of "Buffalo Bill" is 

 thriving on a limited range. 



In 1928, 6 male and 17 female 

 buffaloes were transplanted from 

 the National Bison Range in Mon- 

 tana to Big Delta, some 90 miles 

 southeast of Fairbanks. These rep- 

 resentatives of an animal unknown 

 in Alaska for centuries have in- 

 creased to a herd of 350. 



MUSK OX 



BLUE FOX 



REINDEER 



Bison — It has been estimated that 

 at their peak there were about 60 

 million bison, popularly called buf- 

 falo, on the North American con- 

 tinent. By the turn of the last 

 century there was one small wild 

 band in Yellowstone Park and a 

 few animals in Canada. When it 

 looked as if this humpbacked ani- 

 mal would soon be extinct, conser- 

 vationists took action. In 1902 a 

 buffalo-restoration project was 

 started in Yellowstone Park under 



Although this is a satisfactory 

 increase, these buffaloes have not 

 extended their range, and have 

 reached the limit their present 

 range will support. In 1950 a new 

 herd was started in the upper Cop- 

 per River Valley by transplanting 

 17 bison from Big Delta. 



These animals are big game in 

 every sense of the word. Bulls 

 weigh from 1,600 pounds to a ton. 

 Cows are considerably smaller. 

 Neither has good eyesight, and they 



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