86 WILD LIFE PROTECTION FUND 



WYOMING.* 



A LETTER FROM THE GOVERNOR OF WYOMING 



The State of Wyoming, 

 Executive Department 



Cheyenne, November 12, 1915. 

 My dear Dr. Hornaday : 



It occasioned me genuine regret on my return home from 

 a recent extended trip to find that I had missed seeing you 

 during your visit to Cheyenne. I am, therefore, writing 

 to express my appreciation of your efforts to crystallize 

 public sentiment in favor of the protection of the wild game 

 of our country. The service that you are thus rendering 

 the nation should have the heartiest endorsement and sup- 

 port of every good citizen in this country, and I want to 

 assure you of my earnest and cordial sympathy and co- 

 operation. 



It was my privilege to see Wyoming when it was a para- 

 dise for wild game, and it has been with sorrow that, dur- 

 ing the years which have elapsed since then, I have noted 

 the complete extermination of several species ; and the loss 

 of many other kinds is only a question of time, unless we 

 can render prompt and effective service. 



Inasmuch as Wyoming is still, in a sense, a pioneer state, 

 it apparently is not easy for people to understand the great 

 importance of preservation, but I am glad to note a marked 

 improvement in the sentiment which is fast crystallizing on 



*The state of Wyoming is to a very large extent a stock-grazing 

 state. The citizens of that state, and above all, the officers of the state 

 government, never under any circumstances would approve any plan for 

 changing the status of public lands which would in any way injure the 

 interests of either agriculture, cattle-raising or wool-growing in Wyoming. 

 In no state has our plan for game preserves in national forests been 

 more closely scrutinized, or more thoroughly discussed, than in Wyoming. 

 The following exhibits eloquently tell their own storv. 



W. T. H. 



