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government should not itself have recourse to 

 this thoroughly pernicious system. 



The preservation of game and of wild life 

 generally -- aside from the noxious species - 

 on these reserves is of incalculable benefit to 

 the people as a whole. As the game increases 

 in these national refuges and nurseries it over 

 flows into the surrounding country. Very 

 wealthy men can have private game-preserves 

 of their own. But the average man of small or 

 moderate means can enjoy the vigorous pastime 

 of the chase, and indeed can enjoy wild nature, 

 only if there are good general laws, properly 

 enforced, for the preservation of the game and 

 wild life, and if, furthermore, there are big 

 parks or reserves provided for the use of all 

 our people, like those of the Yellowstone, the 

 Yosemite, and the Colorado. 



A small herd of bison has been brought to 

 the reserve; it is slowly increasing. It is pri 

 vately owned, one-third of the ownership being 

 in Uncle Jim, who handles the herd. The 

 government should immediately buy this herd. 

 Everything should be done to increase the 

 number of bison on the public reservations. 



The chief game animal of the Colorado Can 

 yon reserve is the Rocky Mountain blacktail, 

 or mule, deer. The deer have increased greatly 



