CURRENT STATION NOTES 



THE ALLEGANY PARK BIRD SURVEY 



The role which the Roosevelt Station played in the establishment of 

 the Allegany State Park was briefly outlined in the first number of 

 the Bulletin. In this number is published the first detailed report 

 of the cooperative wild life survey which has been made with the 

 Allegany State Park Commissioners. The paper by Mr. Saunders 

 is the first inventory of the animals of that region ; and in behalf 

 of the Station I wish to express my appreciation for the generous 

 assistance of the Commissioners. Reports on other aspects of the 

 survey will be published in due time. 



COOPERATION WITH THE ALLEGANY STATE PARK 



As mentioned above, the first number of the Bulletin (pp. 62-63) 

 contains a statement of the relation of the Roosevelt Station to the 

 original plan which resulted in the establishment of the Allegany 

 State Park, near Salamanca, New York. The " First Annual Report 

 of the Commissioners of the Allegany State Park" (Legislative 

 Document, 1922, No. 95, pp. 1-98; cf. also, for an abstract, Hobbies, 

 Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, Vol. 2, No. 9, pp. 3-25, and 

 separate, pp. 1-24), contains in addition to the report of the Com- 

 missioners two appendices of especial interest, one by Mr. Edward F. 

 Brown, on a general survey of the Park area, including much of the 

 paper by the Director, published in the Bulletin on pp. 62-74, on the 

 plans for wild life of this Park, and a second paper by Professor 

 Henry R. Francis, on the recreational resources of the Park. This 

 report, and an earlier paper by P. M. Silloway and Edward F. Brown 

 on the Palisades Interstate Park (Bull. No. 10, New York State Col- 

 lege of Forestry), are of particular interest to persons concerned 

 with the recreational and wild life uses of public forest lands. 



Not only has the Roosevelt Station been interested in the Allegany 

 Park since its inception, but also it has devoted two seasons of field 

 studies to its problems. In addition to this, it was through the 

 Station that the Commissioners of this Park were put in direct con- 

 tact with the Washington authorities in charge of war supplies, 

 from whom the Commissioners have secured about $300,000.00 

 worth of equipment for the Park, including auto trucks, canvas for 

 tents and much other equipment which has enabled the Park authori- 

 ties to accommodate the public while its appropriations are yet small. 



THE RUFFED GROUSE 



The Ruffed Grouse is the most popular game bird in Eastern 

 America. It abounds in the Allegany State Park, and should 

 prosper there under proper care and become both for the sportsmen 

 and for the general public one of its most interesting attractions. 

 The observations begun by Mr. Saunders will be extended in order 



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