Protection of the Yellowstone Park 



preservation and no respect for the law, will 

 take his chances of capture for such a sum. 



Another animal that is difficult of preserva- 

 tion is the beaver; the trouble in this case 

 is entirely due to the ease with which traps 

 may be set in places where it is impossible to 

 find them, and the ease with which the pelts 

 may be packed and carried out. Within the 

 last four years beaver have increased enor- 

 mously, so I feel justified in saying that their 

 preservation is so far successful. 



For the general protection of the Park there 

 are stationed within its lines two troops of 

 cavalry. They are both kept at the Mam- 

 moth Hot Springs for eight months of the 

 year, and one of them is sent to the Lower 

 Geyser Basin during the four months of the 

 tourist season. Small outposts are kept at 

 Riverside on the west. Snake River on the 

 south. Soda Butte on the northeast, and Nor- 

 ris near the center. Besides these a winter 

 station has been placed in the Hayden Valley, 

 and summer stations are kept at the Upper 

 Basin, Thumb, Lake and Caflon. Between 

 these a constant stream of patrols is kept up, 

 so that no depredator can do very much dam- 

 age without detection. There is allowed but 



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