ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 



BEAVER HAM ON COLD RIVER. ONE MILE ABOVE ITS MOl'TH 

 Beaver house in background, tlam about t feet high. 



multiplied and extended their operations so rap- 

 idly and extensively in Minnesota the past few 

 years and their pelts are now so valuable that 

 they have become a strong temptation to per- 

 sons of easy game laws morality. * * * * The 

 name commissioner is of the opinion that some 

 legislative enactment should be made soon to 

 provide a lawful way to take and use certain 

 proportions of the beaver annually." 



In 1903 the Wisconsin legislature passed a 

 law protecting the beaver, at which time there 

 were only three colonies left in the state. There 

 are now thousands of them in the northern coun- 

 ties. In 1917 the legislature opened three coun- 

 ties to the taking of beaver under a license of 

 •$2.50. One hundred licenses were sold, five 

 hundred and thirty-seven beaver were trapped, 

 and $4,118.20 worth of skins were sold. 



BEAVER HOUSE ON COLI) RIVER. 

 Showing feed lied of poplar. 



A MILE ABOVE ITS MOl'TH 

 birch, etc., at right. 



