BULLETIN NUMBER TWO 65 



Minute by Madison Grant, Chairman of the Executive Com- 

 mittee, in the Zoological Society Bulletin. 



No American who has at heart the preservation of the 

 remnant of our wild life, who desires to increase the supply 

 of meat, or who desires to utilize at their highest efficiency 

 lands belonging to the government and not suitable for 

 other purposes, can fail to appreciate the great step for- 

 ward in genuine civilization that would be accomplished by 

 the proposed legislation. As yet there have been brought 

 forward no objections worthy of the name, and there can 

 be no serious opposition to the utilization by the govern- 

 ment in the manner proposed of mountain-tops or infertile 

 hills or other waste lands. 



The marvelous success of the Yellowstone National Park 

 is an object lesson of the utmost importance. There would 

 be little or no hunting in the adjoining states were it not 

 for the continuous overflow of the surplus game from the 

 park. Mountain Forest Reserves like the Bitter Root For- 

 est Reserve in Montana, if sufficiently protected, as is the 

 Yellowstone National Park, would, as soon as the animals 

 recovered their normal numbers, provide a continuous sup- 

 ply of deer, elk, and perhaps sheep to the adjoining states 

 of Idaho and Montana. The destruction there may have 

 gone so far in recent years that a complete restocking is 

 necessary, but the game once re-established would provide 

 sport and food for large areas now destitute of wild animals. 



ACTION OF THE BOONE AND CROCKETT CLUB ENDORSING THE 

 CHAMBERLAIN-HAYDEN BILL. 



At a Special Meeting of the Executive Committee of the 

 Boone and Crockett Club held the 31st day of December, 

 1915, the following resolution was unanimously passed. 



Whereas, The Boone and Crockett Club has repeatedly 

 urged the enactment of Federal legislation establishing 

 sanctuaries in forest reserves, and 



Whereas, Legislation of this character will be intro- 

 duced at the present session of Congress; now, therefore, 

 be it 



Resolved, That the Boone and Crocket Club, acting 

 through its Executive Committee, recommends to the Con- 



