72 Roosevelt Wild Life Bulletin 



A " Roosevelt Field Station " for the Roosevelt Wild Life 

 Forest Experiment Station 



Adjacent to the sanctuary there should be located on a large, care- 

 fully chosen tract, a " Roosevelt Field Station " or field laboratory 

 for the Roosevelt Wild Life Forest Experiment Station. The 

 Wild Life Station was authorized by the Legislature as a Memorial 

 to Theodore Roosevelt because of his great interest in wild life, 

 and is devoted to the investigation of the life histories, habits, and 

 methods of management of forest animals of all kinds. Just such 

 forest management and utilization problems as have been alluded 

 to — and they will constantly arise in connection with the adminis- 

 tration of the Angling and Hunting Preserves and the Natural 

 History Sanctuary, as well as in all other parts of the proposed 

 Allegany Park — will require attention. The College of Forestry 

 already possesses, near Red House, in the proposed park area, about 

 one thousand acres of forest land, and is thus already deeply inter- 

 ested in this region. There are a large number of scientific and 

 technical problems in connection with increasing and protecting 

 fish and game in the Park, and in the management of the Natural 

 History Sanctuary, which will require special study. The Roose- 

 velt Wild Life Station, since its establishment in May, 1919, has 

 been working on allied wild life problems in the Palisades Inter- 

 state Park along the Hudson River, and elsewhere in the State. 

 With its technical staff it is particularly well fitted to aid and coop- 

 erate in the present undertaking. The members of the Station staff 

 have been engaged in similar work for many years. In the Pali- 

 sades Interstate Park the Roosevelt Station has, for example, made 

 investigations on the fish, birds, methods of controlling the " water 

 bloom " in bathing lakes, mosquito control by fish, and the use of 

 woodland trails in the study of the natural history of forest life. 

 Similar problems arise in all large parks and become increasingly 

 complicated with intensive use. 



To conduct properly some of these studies on wild life, the " Roose- 

 velt Field Station " should be fenced, in order to insure undisturbed 

 investigations and experiments. For this reason also, it would be 

 best to have this Field Station somewhat removed from the main 

 centers where campers and visitors gather, as well as at a safe dis- 

 tance from the Hunting Preserve. 



Upon a comprehensive plan of this character the wild life and 

 natural history interests of the Allegany State Park would be per- 



