The Boone and Crockett Club 



the winter and summer ranges of moose, caribou 

 and wild sheep, much may be done to preserve 

 Alaska game. It seems clear that the great brown 

 bears of the Alaska Peninsula, of the coast to the 

 southward, and of the islands, must take their 

 chance of survival. It will probably be long 

 before they will be exterminated, and before then 

 some means may be devised for setting aside a 

 reservation for them. 



VI. 



GAME REFUGES AND COLLATERAL MOVEMENTS. 



The principle of game refuges the declaration 

 that a necessary step in the work of game protec- 

 tion is the establishment of areas in which animals 

 may not be pursued or hunted was first set forth 

 by the Chib soon after the publication of the 

 "American Big Game Hunting," which appeared 

 1893. In that volume it was said: 



"The forest reserves are absolutely unprotected. 

 Although set aside by presidential proclamation 

 they are without government and without guards. 

 Timber thieves may still strip the mountain sides 

 of the growing trees, and poachers may still kill the 

 game without fear of punishment. 



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