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20. About 25 are reported in Shirley Basin, in northeastern Carbon County. 



21. A band of 85 is reported in Natrona County, along Powder River and 

 Bates, Poison Spider, and Fish Creeks. 



22. This area contains about 400 antelope ranging on the Sweetwater Divide, 

 in Freemont County. 



23. One hundred antelope are reported on Big Sandy Creek and New Fork 

 of Green River, in Sublette County. 



24. About 150 are reported near Fontenelle, in Lincoln County. They are 

 said to be decreasing rapidly through shooting. 



25. About 75 occur on Muddy Creek, in Uinta County, where they are said 

 to be rapidly decreasing. 



26. In the Green River Valley, in western Sweetwater County, about 1,000 

 antelope are reported, which makes it the second largest herd, and gives Sweet- 

 water County a total of 2,100 antelope (see area No. 27), by far the largest 

 number surviving in any county in the State. 



27. This area is reported to include about 1,100 antelope, the largest num- 

 ber in any similar area in the State. It lies mainly in southeastern Sweet- 

 water County, extending into the adjoining part of Carbon County. The main 

 bands range on Black Rock, Shell, Skull, and Lost Creeks. 



CANADA 



In Canada antelope are now limited to the Provinces of Alberta and Sas- 

 katchewan. In Alberta bands are located in 5 areas, containing a total of 

 about 1,030 animals. In Saskatchewan they are located in 9 areas in which 

 are about 297 animals, or a total of 1,327 north of the United States. Antelope 

 formerly ranged east into Manitoba and north to the limit of the plains along 

 the Saskatchewan River. For some years the antelope in Canada diminished 

 rapidly, but are reported now to be about maintaining their numbers or even 

 increasing in some areas. Although the conservation of antelope in Canada 

 is mainly a matter for the attention of the Provinces, yet the Dominion Gov- 

 ernment assumes general responsibility in regard to all wild life, particularly 

 concerning the antelope. The Canadian National Park at Nemiskam was 

 especially created for their protection. J. B. Harkin, commissioner of Canadian 

 national parks, states: 



" The question of creating other parks as sanctuaries is now receiving the 

 attention of the department. Our efforts are being retarded, however, owing 

 to lack of appropriations necessary to proceed with the work. A limited num- 

 ber of young antelope are being raised on the national antelope refuge at 

 Nemiskam and will be transferred to Buffalo National Park at Wainwright, 

 Alberta, as soon as they are old enough to be shipped. These, with the antelope 

 already at the park, will form the nucleus of a new herd. I think it can be 

 safely said that, due to the efforts put forth in recent years for the protection 

 of these animals, they have not seriously decreased and are now holding 

 their own." 



Concerning the heavy losses of antelope which were reported to have taken 

 place by their drifting against fences along the railroad in this region some 

 years ago, F. Bradshaw, game commissioner of Saskatchewan, writes that no 

 serious recent losses of this kind have occurred, but that he read an article not 

 long ago by Doctor Prince in Rod and Gun in Canada, in which reference was 

 made to thousands of animals dying along the fence of the Canadian Pacific 

 Railway west of Swift Current. 



For the information concerning the surviving antelope in Canada the writer is 

 indebted to J. B. Harkin, commissioner of Canadian national parks ; to F. 

 Bradshaw, game commissioner of Saskatchewan ; and to Benjamin Lawton, 

 chief game warden of Alberta. 



The distribution of the herds is as follows (fig. 19) : 



