200 WILD LIFE CONSERVATION 



moors aggregating 235,000 acres, with a season's 

 yield of 13,500 brace of grouse and 287 stags, 

 together with several miles of trout and salmon 

 streams. 



If the states that already show a healthy interest 

 in the better protection of their game should now 

 throw into service the unused acreage they well 

 could spare, we would have breeding-grounds in 

 comparison with which even these of Europe would 

 seem small. Here is a list of available lands which 

 experts estimate certain states could afford to use 

 for game propagation on a commercial basis : 



Connecticut . . . . 1,000,000 acres. 



New Jersey ... . V 2,007,000 acres. 



West Virginia . . . 10,000,000 acres. 



Utah 28,320 square miles. 



South Dakota . . . 15,000,000 acres. 



New Mexico . . . ". 2,000,000 acres. 



(Already preserved for private use.) 



Montana 25,000,000 acres. 



Minnesota .... 7,000,000 acres. 



Maine 5,000,000 acres. 



Georgia 500,000 acres. 



New York contains 800,000 acres already in 

 private preserves in the Adirondacks alone, and a 

 much larger area is owned and controlled by the 

 state. 



Nearly every state has a forest, fish and game 

 commission, some of the states have park commis- 

 sions, and all of the eastern states have boards of 

 education. Clearly, it seems to be the duty of these 



