420 Biology in America 



In the days of the pioneer the United States was teeming 

 with game. Today the flocks of wild pigeons, the herds of 

 buffalo, elk and antelope are but memories of the past, but 

 a few wanderers remaining among the graves of their de- 

 parted kin. Of the wild pigeon not* one wild bird remains 

 today to bear testimony to their departed glory. To save 

 the others from a like fate the Biological Survey in co-opera- 

 tion with our National Park Service and the Audubon Soci- 

 ety has established havens of refuge throughout the country, 

 where the remaining herds of large game are safe from the 



ELK IN WINTER IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK 



Photo l)if Haynes, St. Paul. 

 Courtesy of the U. 8. National Park Service. 



depredations of man, and others where our wild fowl may 

 breed in safety and replenish their fast thinning ranks. The 

 best known of these is the Yellowstone National Park, where 

 the bears and elk, due to plentiful food and lack of molesta- 

 tion, have become almost as tame as domesticated animals. 

 All of our national parks are "out of bounds" for the sports- 

 men, except for the ever increasing number of those who hunt 

 only with the camera. In addition to the national parks 

 there are five other big game reservations, all of them in 

 charge of the Bureau, containing herds of elk, buffalo, ante- 

 lope, and deer. All but the antelope are apparently thriv- 

 ing, thanks to adequate protection and winter feeding, when 



