reviewed the history of the establishment of the new 
Niobrara herd. At his suggestion the Chamber of 
Commerce of Valentine, Neb., raised the sum of $570.00 
towards fencing the pasture, and the National Associa- 
tion of Audubon Societies voted $1,500.00 toward the 
same purpose. The Government then added a suit 
able area to the Niobrara reservation. The result is 
that about 214 acres are now enclosed and 39 head of 
big game animals are on their way to the reservation. 
Mr. Stonebridge called attention to the desir- 
ability of a game preserve in the Shoshone country, 
with which he is familiar. There is now some senti- 
ment favorable to the creation by the State of Wyom- 
ing of such a preserve on some 800 to 1,000 square 
miles of National Forest land, lying on the north fork 
and part of the south fork of the Shoshone River. 
This preserve would provide winter range for at least 
5,000 elk and many other animals from the Yellow- 
stone National Park. 
Dr. Hornaday called the Society’s attention to 
recent reports of the discovery in the Caribou Moun- 
tains of a new lot of wild bison, probably several hun- 
dred, by the Northwest Mounted Police. It seems 
probable that these bison in the remote regions of the 
northwest are nearly stationary in numbers. Noth- 
ing has been heard ‘recently from Dr. Radford, who 
has been looking up the wild herd in the vicinity of the 
Great Slave Lake. 
Mr. Stonebridge, as Chairman of the Dinner Com- 
mittee, reported that 50 acceptances to the dinner held 
last February were received, and that 46 persons 
attended. Plans for a dinner this year are already 
under way. 
The meeting then proceeded to the election of 
members of the Board of Managers. The Secretary 
reported that the terms of the following had expired: 
Charles L. Brinsmade, H. A. Edwards, Frederic H. 
Kennard, Prof. Henry Fairfield Osborn, Edward L. 
marker, John M. Phillips, Ernest Thompson Seton, 
John EK. Thayer, William P. Wharton. 
On motion, President Hooper named a committee 
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