THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 



of any public school, college or university, or within the bound- 

 aries of any watershed reservation set aside by the United States 

 Government to supply water for domestic use to any city, town 

 or community. The effect of this law is to give protection to 

 birds that live around more thickly settled districts and where 

 it is advantageous not only to protect birds but to prevent shoot- 

 ing on account of public safety. 



Another statute passed by the 1913 Legislature provides that 

 it is unlawful to shoot or discharge any gun at any game bird 

 or game animal from or while upon any railroad right of way or 

 any public road or highway. Inasmuch as the ocean beach from 

 the Columbia River to the California line has been declared a 

 public highway, this prevents shooting game from one end of the 

 state to the other along the ocean beach. 



There are four Federal wild bird reservations in Oregon, 

 which were established by special proclamation of the President 

 of the United States. 



1. Three Arch Rocks Reservation was created October 14, 

 1907. This was the first area set aside on the Pacific Coast solely 

 for the protection of wild birds. It is a group of small islands, 

 from a half to one mile off the coast of Oregon, a few miles south 

 of the entrance to Tillamook Bay. Immense colonies of sea birds 

 are found on these rocks — Canifornia murres, western gulls, 

 Brandt, Baird and Farallone cormorants, Kaeding and forked- 

 tailed petrels, tufted puffins, pigeon guillemots, and a few black 

 oyster-catchers. 



2. Klamath Lake Reservation was established August 8, 1908. 

 It includes Lower Klamath Lake, lying partly in Oregon and 

 partly in California. "Within this area are large numbers of tule 

 islands, extensive tule swamps and marsh lands which are the 

 ancestral breeding places of great numbers of wild fowl. The 

 extent of this reservation is about 85,000 acres, or 132 square miles 



3. Lake Malheur Reservation includes the waters and marsh 

 lands of Malheur and Harney Lakes. The whole reserve covers 

 an area of about 90,000 acres, or 143 square miles. It was created 

 August 18, 1908. 



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