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Roosevelt Wild Life Bulletin 
wild life in this newly established State Park, which already con- 
tains 7,000 acres. Mr. Aretas A. Saunders, Field Ornithologist for 
the Station, has made a preliminary study and report on the birds. 
Prof. T. L. Hankinson, Station Ichthyologist, aided by Mr. W. A. 
Dence, Assistant, has made a study of the fishes of the region. 
This same survey party extended its investigations of the fishes 
of Erie County, begun in 1920, with Buffalo as headquarters. 
This survey was made in cooperation with the Erie County Society 
for the Protection of Birds, Fish, and Game, of which Mr. J. C. 
Brennan is President, and the Buffalo Society of .Natural Sciences, 
of which Mr. Chauncey J. Hamlin is President. Several local sports- 
men gave very substantial aid in this survey. 
Through the gifts of certain Trustees of the College of Forestry, 
an investigation has been made of the status of the beaver problem 
in Herkimer and Hamilton Counties in the Adirondacks. where the 
prolonged closed season on beaver has led to their excessive multi- 
plication. This study has been made for the Station by Dr. Charles 
E. Johnson of the University of Kansas, who has been materially 
assisted by the officers of the State Conservation Commission, par- 
ticularly by Commissioner Ellis J. Staley, Mr. Llewellyn Legge, 
Chief, Division of Fish and Game, and W. G. Howard. Assistant 
Superintendent of State Forests. He was also given much valuable 
assistance by the Forest Rangers. 
Wild Life Research in Yellowstone National Park 
Although the Station was founded by New York State, our activi- 
ties are not limited solely to the State. Through the foresight of 
the Board of Trustees of the College of Forestry, our Charter 
provides that gifts and cooperation, when advantageous to the aims 
of the College, may I)e accepted, and research may be conducted 
wherever favorable. Through this wise provision not only are the 
College and the .Station obligated to conduct statewide investigations 
on forest wild life, but as well are permitted to conduct wild life 
research in other regions. 
Friends of the Roosevelt Station have sought its assistance and 
generously provided funds for conducting wild life research in our 
greatest wild life preserve — Yellowstone National Park. Through 
Mr. Howard H. Hays, President of the Yellowstone Park Camps 
Company, the Roosevelt Station has been able, with the approval and 
cooperation of Director Stephen T. Mather and Superintendent 
