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owned by near-by cowmen range within the forest. The forested 

 groves are cherished by the local people; they grant you that the 

 Wichita National Forest and Game Preserve is the property of all 

 the people, but in their eyes it particularly belongs to their part of 

 Oklahoma and the sense of prideful ownership is strong. 



No matter how much one enjoys the beauty of the Wichita Kange 

 in general, the buffalo, elk, deer, and antelope, the birds, the trees 

 and flowers, the hours in the campfire's friendly circle, no visit to 

 this national forest is complete without a jaunt to Boulder Canyon, 

 where West Cache Creek breaks through the mountains into the 

 open plain. Here the forces of nature have combined to create a 

 Garden of the Gods in miniature. The towering canyon walls, 

 the rugged peaks, the jumble of massive bowlders, and the delicate 

 and ever-changing colors are profoundly impressive. And with it 

 all there is the crystal stream, edged by wooded and grass-carpeted 

 parks — ideal camping grounds where thousands whose homes and 

 workshops are in the cities or on the prairies may and do find rest 

 and the joy of life close to nature in her most pleasing moods and 

 aspects. 



Regulation T-7-1 : The following acts are prohibited upon 

 any national forest lands embraced within the boundaries of a 

 national game or bird refuge, preserve, sanctuary, or reserva- 

 tion established by or under authority of an act of Congress : 



(A) Hunting, trapping, catching, disturbing, or killing any 

 kind of game or nongame animal, or game or nongame bird, 

 or taking the eggs of any such bird, except when authorized 

 by permit issued by, under the authority of, the forester. 



(B) Carrying or having possession of firearms, without the 

 written permission of the forest supervisor or such other officer 

 as he may designate. 



(C) Permitting dogs to run at large, or having in possession 

 dogs not in leash or confined. 



(D) Camping without permit issued by a forest officer, ex- 

 cept on areas designated as public camp grounds, or other areas 

 which may be specifically excepted by the district forester. 



