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BULLETIN 1350, V. S. DEPAETMENT OF AGEICULTUEE 



are almost all timbered and lie mainly within national forests. 

 Some of the islands in the Kodiak region are timbered, but west- 

 ward from Kodiak none have timber. 



With respect to their availability for fur farming, these islands 

 fall into four classes : 



(1) Ten islands from Prince William Sound to the Shumagin 

 group; namely. Little Koniuji, Simeonof, Chirikof, Long, Marmot, 

 Pearl, Elizabeth (fig. 5), Middleton, Aghiyuk, and Chowiet. All 

 of the islands in this group are leased and occupied for fur farming, 

 the administration being by the Secretary of Agriculture through 

 the Biological Survey. 



(2) Islands in the Aleutian Islands Eeservation are available for 

 occupancy under permit and are administered by the Secretary of 

 Agriculture through the Biological Survey. Applications for per- 



FiG. 5. — Elizabeth Island, leased tor fur farming by the Biological Survey. The 

 timber is fairly dense in the valleys. This is also true of I'earl and Marmot 

 Islands, similarly leased 



mits to occupy these Islands should be sent to the office of the Bio- 

 logical Survey, Juneau. 



(3) Islands on national forests are administered by the Secretary 

 of Agriculture through the Forest Service, and practically all such 

 islands suitable for fox farming are already under permit for that 

 purpose. On the Tongass Forest, in southeastern Alaska, 150 such 

 permits are in effect ; and on the Chugach Forest in the Prince Wil- 

 liam Sound region, 36. Inquiries regarding the use of national- 

 forest land for fox-farming purposes should be addressed to the 

 Forest Supervisor, Cordova, Alaska, or Forest Supervisor, Ketchi- 

 kan, Alaska, who are in charge of the Chugach and Tongass National 

 Forests, respectively. 



(4) Other islands, except a few small reserves, are of the public 

 domain and under the jurisdiction of the General Land Office, De- 

 partment of the Interior. No legal authority exists for leasing or 

 granting title to these islands. A few are situated in southeastern 

 Alaska, but the majority are west of Seward and Cook Inlet. Many 



