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leg was broken. But, sadder yet, she was 

 with fawn. Her life was taken and a 

 CiBsarian was quickly undertaken by the 

 rancher. The wee twin buck bad been 

 injured and was dead, but "Fawnie" was 

 soon ready to eat. It was miles to any 

 hygienic nipple and bottle, so one was 

 improvised with a cork and straw. A 

 bed and warmness was soon provided, but 

 in a few davs the little beggar preferred 



the hard floor — perhaps it was more like 

 the sunny mountain side. Soon she was 

 weaned and drank from the cup. Days 

 and weeks passed, and what a pet ! She 

 was ever free to return to the mountains 

 at any time, but she liked her foster 

 mother too well. Later she was sent to 

 the State Hospital Farm near Salem, 

 where she is now well cared for. — Jane 

 Fry Walsh. 



UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE CO-OPERATION. 



RANGERS CO-OPERATE WITH GAME 

 WARDENS. 



Frobably in no season since the Forest 

 Service began its active campaigns of fire 

 protection, road building, and the survey- 

 ing of summer home sites and other 

 projects which tend toward making the 

 summer vacations of the mountain-loving 

 people of California more attractive and 



iig. fi6. Young mountain lion cayLiued ney. 

 Helena, Trinity County, California. 

 Photograph by H. W. Brannan. 



beneficial, has it been so handicapped by 

 the lack of experienced men as it was 

 during the summer of 1918. It was the 

 war, of course. But in spite of the fact 

 that it was not able to put on so many 

 men as formerly during the summer, and 

 in many cases one man was doing the 

 work of two in ordinary years, no lack of 

 interest was displayed in its co-operation 



with the Fish and Game Commission. A 

 sincere interest in the protection and per- 

 petuation of the game resources of the 

 state is evident in all the reports from 

 the Forest Supervisors, and in many in- 

 stances it is the forest rangers who 

 come forward with constructive sugges- 

 tions for the improvement of game con- 

 ditions. This is due partly to the fact 

 that all Forest Service officials know that 

 wild life is as much a natural resource 

 as timber, and that it should be used 

 wisely and under the proper regulations, 

 and partly because they wish to assist the 

 State Commission through its local rep- 

 resentatives who are in many localities a 

 pai't almost of the Forest Service organi- 

 zation, good fellowship and mutual help 

 being the rule between rangers and game 

 wardens. 



DEER IN THE NATIONAL FORESTS, 

 In looking over the reports we find 

 that 2,943 deer were killed in the 

 National Forests last season. This is an 

 accurate record and is only what is 

 actually known of the kill. In many 

 cases the Forest Supervisors say that this 

 does not represent the actual kill, which 

 might readily be estimated at 10 or 15 

 per cent higher. In most localities they 

 ai*e holding their own and in some a de- 

 crease has been noticed. The chief factors 

 which affect and have a direct bearing on 

 the number are the extension of the road 

 system under the spur of the autoist, and 

 the increasing number of people who 

 spend part of their vacation in the moun- 

 tains. The most serious factor is the 

 apparent increase in the coyotes and 

 mountain lions. The campaign conducted 

 by counties, the Biological Survey and the 

 state has not yet (from the reports) been 



