fecting the supply of wool and iiiuttoii, and would in 

 no manner whatever affect the prices of those connnodi- 

 ties. The Society was successful in overcoming this 

 drive of the sheepmen, and reports with much satisfac- 

 tion the good work it accomplished toward preserving 

 the Rainier National Park from ruination, and in- 

 cidently discouraging the western sheepmen from 

 encroaching upon other parks and reservations. 



The Society received telegrams that influences were 

 being brought to bear upon the Park Commissioners of 

 San Francisco to induce them to kill nine of their buf- 

 falo, to feed the bears in the Zoological Park of that 

 city. Investigation by the Society revealed the fact 

 that the Commissioners were really desirous of 

 preserving the buffalo, and would willingly give them 

 to other cities or parks where they could he exhilnted. 

 It seems that the Golden Gate herd had increased in 

 size, and had been carefully preserved, and was a 

 source of great interest, not only to the citizens of San 

 Francisco, Init to many tourists who saw them. 

 Whether due to the efforts of the Society or not, we 

 believe these buffalo have been saved from siich an 

 ignoble purpose, and hope that the friends of the So- 

 ciety, in co-operation with the Park Commissioners, 

 have assured the complete preservation of the San 

 Francisco herd. 



The Society is now endeavoring to establish two 

 more herds, one in the Pisgah National Forest and 

 Game Preserve in North Carolina, the other in Sully 

 Hill Park, North Dakota. These ranges are readv to 

 receive the l)ison. The Societv has received the gener- 

 ous donation of six head for the Pisgah National Park, 

 but owing to war conditions, and the congested railway 

 traffic, it has not l^een possible to ol)tain transportation 

 from New^ Hampshire. The donor — Avho is greatlv in- 

 terested in the preservation of the bison — will hold the 

 animals until they can be transiiorted. The Society ex- 

 T3ects to purchase the nucleus herd for the Sully Hill 

 Park, but the same difficulty of transportation must fir«t 

 l^e overcome. The owners of bison who are willing to 

 donate bison for this herd are requested to write to the 



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