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ern Ore«:on, ^lanitoba, Alberta, British Columbia, and the coast 

 mountains of Washinoton, Oregon, and northwestern California. A 

 band of the small California valley elk still inhabits the southern 

 part of the San Joaquin Valley. 



The herds that summer in the Yellowstone National Park and in 

 winter spread southward and eastward in Wyoming are said to num- 



FiG 1. — Rocky Mountain elk. 



ber about 30,000 head, and constitute the only large bands of this 

 noble game animal that are left. Although protected in their sum- 

 mer ranges and partially safeguarded from destruction in winter 

 by the State of Wyoming, there is yet great danger that these herds 

 may perish from lack of food in a succession of severe winters. Par- 

 tial provision for winter forage has been made within the National 

 Park, but the supply is inadequate for the large numbers of animals. 



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