Animals of North America 



Club, which is full of men of far greater expe- 

 rience and knowledge than myself. On the White 

 River Plateau Forest Reserve, which is destined 

 to be the Adir-ondacks of Colorado, with which 

 many of you are familiar, the deer disappeared in 

 a period of four years. Comparatively few are 

 left. 



The most thoroughly devastated country I 

 know of is the Uintah Mountain Forest Reserve, 

 which borders between southwestern Wyoming 

 and northern Utah. I first went through this 

 country in 1877. It was then a wild natural 

 region ; even a comparatively few years ago it was 

 bright with game, and a perfect flower garden. 

 It has felt the full force of the sheep curse. I 

 think any one of you who may visit this country 

 now will agree that this is not too strong a term, 

 and I want to speak of the sheep question from 

 three standpoints : First, as of a great and legiti- 

 mate industry in itself; second, from the economic 

 standpoint; third, from the standpoint of wild 

 animals. 



GENERAL RESULTS OF GRAZING. 



The formerly beautiful Uintah Mountain range 

 presents a terrible example of the effects of pro* 

 longed sheep herding. The under foliage is en- 



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