May, 1920 
FOREST AND STREAM 
287 
A NUMBER of very acute problems 1 
exist on the National Forests, which 
are causing a good deal of public 
interest and in some cases bitter contro- 
versy. The most conspicuous of course 
is the elk problem of the Yellowstone re- 
gion. This is a question to which I have 
given a great deal of personal consider- 
ation and time. One of the first steps 
which I took in this was to arrange a 
meeting in New York in June, 1915, of 
representatives of sportsmen’s organiza- 
tions and Government officials to talk over 
the whole matter and secure their co- 
operation in working out a program 
which would lead to some definite settle- 
ment of the matters which had been in 
controversy for a good many years. The 
following year, in October, I called an- 
other meeting in New York, at which 
there were representatives of the Boone 
and Crockett Club, the Camp Fire Club, 
the Audubon Society, the American Game 
Protective Association, and other organi- 
zations. I 
Under the initiative of the Forest Serv- 
ice the first steps in formulating an elk 
policy were taken to secure an approxi- 
mate census of the number of elk center- 
ing about the Yellowstone Park. A final 
count was made in the spring of 1917 
in which the Forest Service, the Biologi- 
cal Survey and the Park Service partici- 
pated. Various investigations were con- 
ducted about the same time regarding the 
habits of the elk, and particularly regard- 
ing the lands used in different seasons of 
the year during their migrations. 
The work was interrupted by the war. 
After I returned from France, however, 
I resumed my work in connection with the 
Yellowstone elk and in the summer of 
1918 I spent about five weeks in the field 
studying conditions and securing personal 
familiarity with the conditions that would 
enable the formulation of a program. As 
a result of this work and the studies 
which have been made by the Biological 
Survey and the Forest Service, a pro- 
gram was drawn up and published over 
the names of Mr. E. W. Nelson and my- 
self, entitled “Our National Elk Herds” 
(U. S. Department of Agriculture Cir- 
cular No. 51). 
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tion is not going to be achieved merely 
by setting aside great game preserves 
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try, the advance of agricultural and graz- 
ing development, and the other local 
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