STATUS OF THE PEOISTGHORNED ANTELOPE, 1922-1924 H 



antelope in Oregon, and is cooperating with the Mexican Govern- 

 ment in maintaining a special warden service to protect antelope and 

 mountain sheep in northern Sonora. There the Mexican Government 

 has appointed Ben H. Tinker, of Arizona, an honorary game guardian 

 for northern Sonora. He entered on this duty on October 1, 1923, 

 and patrols the Arizona-Sonora border during the active hunting 

 season, October 1 to April 1, in order to enforce an executive decree 

 protecting antelope and mountain sheep for a period of 10 years. 

 California Associated Societies for the Conservation of Wild 

 Life. — This organization has interested itself in the perpetuation of 

 the Mount Dome antelope herd. It is working with the State board 

 of fish and game commissioners and has provided funds for feeding 

 the animals during severe winters. It began its operations in 1914,' 

 and among its other activities materially helped in gathering infor- 

 mation for this report concerning the distribution of antelope 

 throughout California. 



WASHINGTON CONFERENCE ON THE CONSERVATION OF THE 



PRONGHORN 



For some years suggestions had been made that a conference be 

 held to consider the conservation of antelope, the earlier proponents 

 being E. Lester Jones, Director of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, 

 Dej^artment of Commerce; Edmund Seymour, president of the Amer- 

 ican Bison Society; T. Gilbert Pearson, president of the National 

 Association of Audubon Societies ; and others. 



In view, however, of the fact that a census of these animals was 

 being taken by the Biological Survey, it was deemed best to delay 

 such a conference until this investigation had been concluded, in 

 order that the information obtained might be available for consid- 

 eration. This census was practically completed in the fall of 1923, 

 and a call for the antelope conference was issued by the chief of the 

 Biological Survey to meet in the auditorium of the New National 

 Museum, in W ashington, D. C, December 14, 1923. The meeting was 

 attended by representatives of the principal wild-life-conservation 

 organizations of the country, State game wardens from a number 

 of States, representatives of Government bureaus interested in wild- 

 life conservation, and numerous private individuals. The conserva- 

 tion organizations and their representatives were: 



Boone and Crockett Club, by Charles Sheldon; American Bison 

 Society, by Edmund Seymour and W. T. Hornaday; Permanent 

 Wild Life Protection Fund, by W. T. Hornaday; National Asso- 

 ciation of Audubon Societies, by T. Gilbert Pearson, W. P. Whar- 

 ton, and William Finley; American Game Protective Association, 

 by John B. Burnham; Izaak Walton League, by Will PI. Dilg; 

 Game Conservation Committee of the Camp-Fire Club of America, 

 by W. I>. Greeley and Marshall McLean; Associated Societies for 

 fhc Protection of Wild Life in California, by Alden Sampson; and 

 the National Parks Association, by Robert Sterling Yard. 



Registration was made of the following State game commissions, 

 represented by their chiefs: 



Arizona, G. XI. Willard; Arkansas, Lee Miles; California, F. M. 

 bert; Kansas, J. B, Doze; Massachusetts, W. C. Adams; MinriC' 



