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wild life in this newly established State Park, which already con- 

 tains 7,000 acres. Mr. Aretas A. Saunders, Field Ornithologist for 

 the Station, has made a preliminary study and report on the birds. 

 Prof. T. L. Hankinson, Station Ichthyologist, aided by Mr. W. A. 

 Dence, Assistant, has made a study of the fishes of the region. 



This same survey party extended its investigations of the fishes 

 of Erie County, begun in 1920, with Buffalo as headquarters. 

 This survey was made in cooperation with the Erie County Society 

 for the Protection of Birds, Fish, and Game, of which Mr. J. C. 

 Brennan is President, and the Buffalo Society of (Natural Sciences, 

 of which Mr. Chauncey J. Hamlin is President. Several local sports- 

 men gave very substantial aid in this survey. 



Through the gifts of certain Trustees of the College of Forestry, 

 an investigation has been made of the status of the beaver problem 

 in Herkimer and Hamilton Counties in the Adirondacks, where the 

 prolonged closed season on beaver has led to their excessive multi- 

 plication. This study has been made for the Station by Dr. Charles 

 E. Johnson of the University of Kansas, who has been materially 

 assisted by the officers of the State Conservation Commission, par- 

 ticularly by Commissioner Ellis J. Staley, Mr. Llewellyn Legge, 

 Chief, Division of Fish and Game, and AW G. Howard, Assistant 

 Superintendent of State Forests. He was also given much valuable 

 assistance by the Forest Rangers. 



Wild Life Research in Yellowstone National Park 



Although the Station was founded by New York State, our activi- 

 ties are not limited solely to the State. Through the foresight of 

 the Board of Trustees of the College of Forestry, our Charter 

 provides that gifts and cooperation, when advantageous to the aims 

 of the College, may be accepted, and research may be conducted 

 wherever favorable. Through this wise provision not only are the 

 College and the Station obligated to conduct statewide investigations 

 on forest wild life, but as well are permitted to conduct wild life 

 research in other regions. 



Friends of the Roosevelt Station have sought its assistance and 

 generously provided funds for conducting wild life research in our 

 greatest wild life preserve — Yellowstone National Park. Through 

 Mr. Howard H. Hays. President of the Yellowstone Park Camps 

 Company, the Roosevelt Station has been able, with the approval and 

 cooperation of Director Stephen T. Mather and Superintendent 



