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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



SALMON DRYING. 



THIS FISHERY AND VILLAGE IS THAT OF HOUDEN ON THE SHORE OF THE YUKON RIVER AND FIFTY 



MILES ABOVE KAYUKUK. 



Interior. Fur-bearing animals are un- 

 der the protection of wardens appointed 

 by the Secretary of Commerce and work 

 under regulations made by the Depart- 

 ment of Commerce. Game animals are 

 deer, moose, caribou, mountain sheep, 

 mountain goats, brown bears, sea lions 

 and walruses. Fur-bearing animals 

 comprise rabbits, squirrels, wolves, 

 lynx, mink, otter, beaver, foxes and 

 black bears. 



FISH PROTECTION 



"The Bureau of Fisheries employs 

 one warden and five deputy wardens 

 for the protection of fur-bearing ani- 

 mals in the territory. Game wardens 

 are appointed by the governor, and 

 rangers and other officers of the Forest 

 Service are authorized by the governor 

 to also act as game wardens. The gov- 

 ernor's game wardens have also been 

 appointed by the Bureau of Fisheries to 

 protect fur-bearing animals, but at 

 present only one person is serving in 

 this dual capacity. Forest rangers, 

 however, are not charged with protec- 

 tion of fur-bearing animals, and the 

 wardens and deputies of the Bureau of 

 Fisheries have no authority over the 

 protection of game." 



Secretary Lane refers to the incon- 



gruity of the laws which distinguish be- 

 tween black and brown bears, although 

 both may be born in the same litter, and 

 to the protection of the giant brown 

 bears on Kadiak Island, which are a 

 menace to domestic animals and even 

 human life. He also refers to the in- 

 adequacy of the inspection of fisheries 

 in the territory. He proposes that the 

 salmon fisheries and hatcheries, and the 

 seal industry on the Pribilof Islands, 

 should continue to be under the con- 

 trol of the Bureau of Fisheries, but 

 that everything having to do with land 

 and natural resources, beginning at the 

 shore line, should be placed under the 

 direction of the proposed Development 

 Board. 



Mr. Lane points out that there are 

 now only 862 miles of wagon roads, 

 617 miles of sled roads, and 2,166 miles 

 of trails in the whole of Alaska, for the 

 construction and maintenance of which 

 about $2,600,000 has been spent. He 

 urges that roads and trails are as essen- 

 tial to the opening of Alaska to settle- 

 ment, as railroads, and that these roads 

 for several years to come must be built 

 by the government. 



The reindeer industry, now monopo- 

 lized by the natives, Mr. Lane looks 

 upon as the beginning of a great indus- 



