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Washington : 



R. B. Wales, State Game Warden, Eastern Washington Dis- 

 trict, Spokane. 



"The only counties in the State of Washington which 

 boast with pride of the few remaining sage grouse are : 



"Yakima County 750 to 1000 



"Kititas County 500 to 750 



"Benton County 150 to 400 



"Klickitat County 150 to 400 



"Lincoln County 50 to 100 



"Grant County 50 to 100 



"These counties are all in Eastern Washington and are 

 the only counties in the State which have any sage grouse. 

 Western Washington was never inhabited by the sage 

 grouse to my knowledge. We have had a short open season 

 in the last three years on sage grouse in Yakima and Kiti- 

 tas Counties, but I expect to get a bill through the next 

 Legislature prohibiting the shooting entirely. It would be 

 only a question of a few years when this bird would be ex- 

 terminated unless we provide a closed season for the next 

 five years. I am heartily in favor of a closed season in all 

 of the Northwestern states which have so few of the sage 

 grouse. I think Washington compares very favorably with 

 Oregon in the number of sage grouse left, and Idaho still 

 has a few in certain districts." 



A. F. Wieseman, Bird Commissioner, Spokane. 



"I am in favor of closing the Sage Hen [shooting] for 

 from 6 to 10 years. The following counties in eastern Wash- 

 ington have a few Sage Hen : Grant, Adams, Lincoln, Doug- 

 las, Okanogan, Franklin, Walla Walla and Whitman." 



Oregon : 



William L. Finley, State Biologist, Portland. 



"The habitat of the sage grouse in Oregon is practically 

 Lake, Harney and Malheur Counties. There are, of course, 

 a few scattering birds in the eastern part of Klamath, in 

 the southern and eastern part of Crook County; a few in 

 Grant and perhaps a few in the southern part of Baker 

 County. 



"I am sorry I cannot give you the exact location of where 

 the remaining birds are found in Oregon, but I have seen 

 quite a good many along the Steen's Mountains in Harney 

 County and also in the very southeastern corner of Crook, 



