The Boone and Crockett Club 



member of the club, made what is perhaps the first 

 hint of the game refuge idea in the United States, 

 when he suggested that, on the Western plains, 

 tracts might be set aside within which it should be 

 unlawful to pursue or injure the buffalo*. 



(7) The Boone and Crockett Club originated 

 and caused to be introduced in Congress and to re- 

 ceive favorable action by both Houses, the bill es- 

 tablishing the Glacier National Park. The setting 

 aside of this territory, extraordinary for natural 

 beauty, as well as for its availability for a fish and 

 game preserve, is a great achievement. The 

 region includes an area of about fourteen hundred 

 square miles of rough mountains, many of which 

 are permanently snow-capped and carry glaciers 

 near their summits. The deep lakes which lie in the 

 valleys among these mountains are full of fish, and 

 during the season of migration are dark with wild- 

 fowl. Moose, elk, mountain sheep, grizzly and 

 black bears, and white-tailed and mule deer have 

 been found in this region up to within a few years, 

 and in ancient times it was a favorite feeding 

 ground for the mountain bison. 



( 8 ) Great parks and immense reservations have 

 recently been set aside in Canada, and a number 

 of these parks have been stocked with native game. 

 The largest herd of buffalo in existence was 



