but this is doubtful. There are a few grizzlies in 

 the Rocky Mountain National Park, perhaps a few 

 in the Mount Rainier Park, and a number in four 

 or five of the Canadian National Parks. Alaska is 

 the grizzly country at present ; but dozens of hunt- 

 ers are each year putting a check on its increase in 

 grizzly population, except in the Mount McKinley 

 National Park. 



The grizzly needs protection at once, needs your 

 active interest now. He is making his last stand 

 and is surrounded by relentless foes. Protection 

 only will save him and enable him to perpetuate 

 himself. Without the grizzly the wilds would be 

 dull, the cailon and the crag would lose their elo- 

 quent appeal. This wild uncrowned king has won 

 his place in nature which no other animal can fill. 

 We need the grizzly bear — the King of the Wil- 

 derness World. 



With a closed season everywhere in the United 

 States for a few years, the bears would increase in 

 numbers and in due time areas now depopulated 

 would be again peopled by them. Among the griz- 

 zlies there are always adventurers who wander far 

 away looking for new scenes. These exploring griz- 

 zlies, as numbers increased, might redistribute 



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