OUR FEDERAL LANDS 



tablished in 1903. Sixty-eight of these protect sea- 

 birds, waders, and water fowl; three, in Montana, 

 Nebraska, and North Dakota, study buffalo, elk, 

 antelope, grouse, pheasants and others. 



But these are not all our federal wild life ref- 

 uges. Under administration of the Forest Service 

 are eight refuges and game preserves, some of very 

 large size, conserving bison, elk, deer, antelope, and 

 others. One is the Olympus National Monument 

 created solely to preserve the Olympus Elk, a species 

 found nowhere else. Under administration of the 

 Bureau of Fisheries are two refuges for sea otters, 

 fur seals, and sea lions. Under administration of the 

 Bureau of Lighthouses are seven reservations, and 

 under the Navy Department four reservations, for 

 birds. Four National Military Parks under adminis- 

 tration of the War Department, and, under the In- 

 terior Department, five National Monuments and all 

 nineteen National Parks protect all life native to their 

 several locations. 



Altogether the United States maintains a hun- 

 dred and thirteen refuges of various kinds. Ac- 

 complishment would be altogether inadequate with- 

 out the help of the states, which maintain a hundred 

 and thirty-five more refuges, including some of large 

 size and great importance. Altogether we may be 

 considered to have made a fair start toward adequate 

 study and preservation of wild life to meet the fu- 

 ture needs of so fast growing a nation ; nevertheless, 

 it is a start only. 



