THE NIOBRARA RESERVATION 
FourtTH IN NUMBER OF THE NATIONAL BISON RANGES 
To ComME UNDER GOVERNMENT SUPERVISION. 
Ube presentation by Mr. J. W. Gilbert of Friend, 
Neb., of his small herd of buffalo to the Federal 
Government, and their removal last winter to this 
reservation, 1s a matter of interest to the members of 
the American Bison Society, in that these animals be- 
come the nucleus herd for what is destined to be one 
of the best bison ranges in the west. 
The existence and progress of this herd has been 
recorded with regularity in the Annual Reports. Men- 
tion has also been made of efforts to have the State 
of Nebraska take over the animals and establish a State 
herd, but this effort failed. As Mr. Gilbert has greatly 
desired to place the care of them in appreciative hands, 
a friend of his, Mr. Geo. L. Carter of Lincoln, made 
Photo by F. M. Dille 
NIOBRARA RESERVE 
THE ORIGINAL MILITARY RESERVE COMPRISED 37,000 ACRES AND ITS POSSIBILITIES 
AS A BISON RANGE WOULD HAVE ENTHUSED YOUR MOST DORMANT MEMBER 
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