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20. About 25 are reported in Shirley Basin, in northeastern Carbon County. 
21. A band of 85 is reported in Natrona County, along Powder River and 
Bates, Poison Spider, and Fish Creeks. 
22. This area contains about 400 antelope ranging on the S-weetwater Divide, 
in Freemont County. 
23. One hundred antelope are reported on Big Sandy Creek and New Fork 
of Green River, in Sublette County. 
24. About 150 are reported near Fontenelle, in Lincoln County. They are 
said to be decreasing rapidly through shooting. 
25. About 75 occur on Muddy Creek, in Uinta County, jivhere they are said 
to be rapidly decreasing. 
26. In the Green River Valley, in western Sweetwater County, about 1,000 
antelope are reported, which makes it the second largest herd, and gives Sweet- 
water County a total of 2,100 antelope (see area No. 27), by far the largest 
number surviving in any county in the State. 
27. This area is reported to include about 1,100 antelope, the largest num- 
ber in any similar area in the State. It lies mainly in southeastern Sweet- 
water County, extending into the adjoining part of Carbon County. The main 
bands range on Black Rock, Shell, Skull, and Lost Creeks. 
CANADA 
In Canada antelope are now limited to the Provinces of Alberta and Sas- 
katchewan. In Alberta bands are located in 5 areas, containing a total of 
about 1,030 animals. In Saskatchewan they are located in 9 areas in which 
are about 297 animals, or a total of 1,327 north of the United States. Antelope 
formerly ranged east into Manitoba and north to the limit of the plains along 
the Saskatchewan River. For some years the antelope in Canada diminished 
rapidly, but are reported now to be about maintaining their numbers or even 
increasing in some areas. Although the conservation of antelope in Canada 
is mainly a matter for the attention of the Provinces, yet the Dominion Gov- 
ernment assumes general responsibility in regard to all w^ild life, particularly 
concerning the antelope. The Canadian National Park at Nemiskam was 
especially created for their protection. J. B. Harkin, commissioner of Canadian 
national parks, states: 
"The question of creating other parks as sanctuaries is now receiving the 
attention of the department. Our efforts are being retarded, however, owing 
to lack of appropriations necessary to proceed with the work. A limited num- 
ber of young antelope are being raised on the national antelope refuge at 
Nemiskam and w^ill be transferred to Buffalo National Park at Wainwright, 
Alberta, as soon as they are old enough to be shipped. These, with the antelope 
already at the park, will form the nucleus of a new herd. I think it can be 
safely said that, due to the efforts put forth in recent years for the protection 
of these animals, they have not seriously decreased and are now holding 
their own." 
Concerning the heavy losses of antelope which were reported to have taken 
place by their drifting against fences along the railroad in this region some 
years ago, F. Bradshaw, game commissioner of Saskatchewan, writes that no 
serious recent losses of this kind have occurred, but that he read an article not 
long ago by Doctor Prince in Rod and Gun in Canada, in which reference was 
made to thousands of animals dying along the fence of the Canadian Pacific 
Railway west of Swift Current. 
For the information concerning the surviving antelope in Canada the writer is 
indebted to J. B. Harkin, commissioner of Canadian national parks ; to F. 
Bradshaw, game commissioner of Saskatchewan ; and to Benjamin Lawton, 
chief game warden of Alberta. 
The distribution of the herds is as follows (fig. 19) : 
