The Boone and Crockett Club 



as the San Gabriel Timber Land Reservation, and in- 

 cludes all the mountains from Salidad Canon, where 

 the Southern Pacific Railroad passes through the 

 mountains, eastward to the Cajon Pass. A little later 

 another reservation of about 800,000 acres was an- 

 nounced, to be called the San Bernardino Mountain 

 Forest Reservation. This adjoins the San Gabriel 

 reserve and runs eastward from the Cajon Pass to 

 San Gorgonio. Finally, the I4th of February,' the 

 Sierra Reservation was set aside. This comprises 

 over 4,000,000 acres and takes in the high Sierra, ex- 

 tending southward from the line of the Yosemite 

 National Park to the seventh standard parallel south. 

 It includes the existing Grant, Sequoia, Tule River, 

 and Mount Whitney reservations, and also the 

 wonderful Kings River Canon, which has been de- 

 scribed by Mr. John Muir in the Century Magazine. 



"This country is one of surpassingly beautiful 

 scenery and contains some of the highest peaks to 

 be found within the limits of the United States. It 

 is of especial interest for its giant forests, many of 

 which are yet untouched, and which contain the great 

 sequoias, together with many other species of Pacific 

 forest trees of remarkable interest and beauty. Be- 

 sides this, the region is interesting as containing a 

 considerable amount of game, and, on the high moun- 

 tains, species of birds and mammals which are not 

 found elsewhere in California. 



"Far more important, however, to the country, 

 from an economic point of view, is the preservation 

 of the water supply, which will be insured by the 

 setting aside of these reservations. Throughout mos' 



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