8 CONDITION OF ELK IN JACKSON HOLE, WYOMING. 



and game reserve and the Jackson Hole section of the State of Wyoming, south of 

 the National Park; and 



Whereas during the winters they suffer greatly and perish from famine in large num- 

 bers, which could be in a great measure prevented by adequate and systematic pro- 

 vision for feeding and protecting them during storms and blizzards; and 



Whereas the State of Wyoming has been and is making appropriations of large 

 sums of money and using every available means within its power to preserve said 

 big game; and 



Whereas the sufficient and thoroughly adequate protection of said big game 

 is too expensive and burdensome to be borne alone by the State of Wyoming: There- 

 fore be it 



Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming, That the Government of the 

 United States be, and is hereby, requested to cooperate with the State of Wyoming 

 in feeding, protecting, and otherwise preserving the big game which winters in great 

 numbers within the confines of the State of Wyoming; and the Congress of the United 

 States is hereby memorialized and requested to make an adequate appropriation of 

 money, to be used in aiding and cooperating with the State of Wyoming in the 

 laudable and desirable effort to feed, protect, and preserve from extinction the prin- 

 cipal remnant of the big game of the United States, which range during the winters 

 principally within the territory of the State of Wyoming; be it further 



Resolved, That engrossed copies of this memorial and request be sent to the Presi- 

 dent of the United States, to the President of the United States Senate, to the 

 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and to the Secretary of the 

 Interior, asking their aid in bringing the object of this memorial and request before 

 Congress and in securing from same an adequate appropriation of public moneys for 

 the noble, humane, and national purpose herein set forth; and be it further 



Resolved, That engrossed copies of this memorial and request be sent to the Sen- 

 ators from Wyoming in the Congress of the United States, viz., Hons. Clarence D. 

 Clark and Francis E. Warren, and our Representative in said Congress, Hon. 

 Frank W. Mondell, asking them to use their best efforts to secure favorable action 

 upon the request embodied herein. 



Approved February 17, 1911. 



In accordance with this memorial the act approved March 4, 1911, 

 making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture, included 

 an item of $20,000 immediately available for feeding, protecting, and 

 removing elk in Jackson Hole and vicinity. The administration of 

 this fund was intrusted to the Biological Survey, and to the writer was 

 assigned the task of making the preliminary investigation. 



ITINERARY. 



I left Washington on March 7, 1911, and reached Cheyenne, Wyo., 

 March 9. Here I was joined by Mr. D. C. Nowlin, formerly State 

 game warden, who was to be associated with me in the work. Pur- 

 suant to my instructions, conferences with Gov. Joseph M. Carey 

 were held on March 10 and 11. The governor, as chairman of the 

 newly established game commission, expressed himself as pleased to 

 see steps taken toward Federal cooperation in the protection of the 

 elk, and furnished me letters of introduction and a permit to capture 

 a number of animals for removal to parks in other States. On March 

 12 Mr. D. F. Hudson, the present State game warden, joined us, and 



