2,2 TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



?\oo§z and Reaver 



The beaver which have been placed in the Adirondack Park are doing 

 well, several colonies of which have been seen during the summer and fall 

 by various people. There seem to be a few moose left of those put in. 

 Protector Ned Ball at this writing reports having seen three during the 

 present month . which indicates that they have not worked north across the 

 St. Lawrence River, as some old hunters feared they would. Of the few 

 heretofore turned out in the Park several were killed by engines on the 

 railroad and by being shot by careless or vicious persons. There are quite a 

 number of elk in the Preserve, all doing well, which will soon be a very 

 attractive feature. I have arranged with the Interior Department at 

 Washington to get 2 5 beaver from Yellowstone Park, which will be kept at 

 Old Forge during the winter and liberated in the spring. I have also taken 

 up the question with His Honor the Governor, and through him with 

 President Roosevelt, of getting 10 moose from Canada. 



Tt seems very important that we keep species of all the non-destructive 

 natural animals in our park lands in the Adirondacks, and that all the lakes 

 and streams are well supplied with game fish, both of which are a great 

 attraction to nearly all persons who go there for rest and recreation, and 

 furnish in themselves a strong inducement to our people to spend their 

 vacations in the woods. One has only to observe how many people are 

 attracted to the Canadian forests by the fishing and hunting to understand 

 how important it is to this State that the moose, elk, dee:, bear and beaver 

 be protected from extermination and kept in the Adirondacks. The great 

 feature of railroad advertising in Canada and many of our States is the 

 fishing and game. Let us not be laggards in this respect. 



Changes ^aggesfed in fl)e Ftsl) and Game L,aw 



The last Legislature changed the open season for hunting deer, cutting 

 off the month of September and making it consist of October and fifteen 

 days in November. Such a law enforced will naturally lessen the number 

 of deer killed each year, but not enough. The amended law is open to two 

 objections: First, it makes a space of thirty days between the fishing and 



