Hunting at High Altitudes 



areas no hunting or trapping perhaps even no 

 dogs should be allowed; and in them the game 

 will then retain its native habits and breed freely, 

 while the overflow will populate the adjoining dis- 

 tricts. This principle has been applied with 

 brilliant success in East Africa, where a protected 

 strip of land on either side of the Uganda Railway 

 is now absolutely swarming with game. 



Such preserves should be set aside in Alaska, 

 while land is yet of little value. Districts should be 

 selected where there is little or no mineral wealth ; 

 arid there are abundant areas of that description in 

 Alaska. Certain islands should also be utilized, 

 particularly in southeastern Alaska.* Beyond 

 doubt such refuges will be ultimately established, 

 but it is to be hoped that it can be done before the 

 game has been decimated and the forests cut down 

 or burned. 



Another element in game protection is the rela- 

 tion of the Indian to the wild game. This problem 



*The question of Alaska game refuges has received the 

 attention of the Game Preservation Committee, and vari- 

 ous plans for establishing them have been given careful 

 thought. No announcements on the subject have as yet 

 been made by the Committee. One of the last acts of 

 President Taft's administration was the setting aside by 

 proclamation the Aleutian chain of islands for a game 

 and fish preserve. Reindeer have been placed on the 

 island of Afognak, which has long been a refuge. 



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