NEW STATE SANCTUARIES FOR GAME 



IT never will be known just how much our campaign west 

 of the Mississippi has influenced the making of the state 

 game sanctuaries in national forests that have been made 

 since 1915 ; nor does it matter in the least. The Great Thing 

 is that many new sanctuaries have been made! While they 

 are not wards of the federal government, and the nation 

 is in no way responsible for their stocking, their mainte- 

 nance or their success, the dilatory practices of Congress 

 with the Chamberlain bill renders state game sanctuaries 

 the next best thing to the ideal federal article. 



If the various western state game commissions had im- 

 portuned Congress for' the federal plan, the result might 

 have inured to the lasting benefit of the states concerned. 

 The states of California, Wyoming, Utah and a few others 

 may for a brief time congratulate themselves on being 

 quite free from the "federal interference ,, that the Wyo- 

 ming legislature of 1917 elected to despise, but when they 

 come face to face with the business of stocking, maintenance 

 and law enforcement, all without any federal aid save 

 federal good will, things will begin to look differently from 

 what they do now. The cooperation of the federal forest 

 rangers will of course be made available on the usual terms, 

 which of course will help out; but the real burdens of ad- 

 ministration and maintenance will be upon the state gov- 

 ernments concerned. 



The following lists are from official sources : 



NEW STATE GAME SANCTUARIES MADE SINCE 1915:* 



Location. Area. 



Arizona. 



Pinal Mountain Sanctuary, Gila County 64,000 acres 



Blue Range Sanctuary, Greenlee County 364,000 



* Compiled from reports and correspondence with State Game Wardens and Com- 

 missioners in January and February, 1920. 



