8 CONDITION OF ELK IX JACKSON HOLE, WYOMING. 
and game r e st ive and the Jackson Hole section of the State of Wyoming, south of 
the National Park; and 
Whereas during the winters they suffer greatly and perish from famine in large num- 
ben, which could be bo B great measure prevented by adequate and systematic pro- 
\i-i<m (or feeding and protecting them during storms and blizzards; and 
Whereas the State of Wyoming has been and is making appropriations of large 
sums of money and using every available means within its power to preserve said 
big game; and 
Whereas the sufficient and thoroughly adequate protection of said big game 
is too expensive and burdensome to be borne alone by the State of Wyoming: There- 
fore be it 
Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming, That the Government of the 
United States be, and is hereby, requested to cooperate with the State of Wyoming 
in feeding, protecting, and otherwise preserving the big game which winters in great 
numbers within the confines of the State of Wyoming; and the Congress of the United 
States is hereby memorialized and requested to make an adequate appropriation of 
money, to be used in aiding and cooperating with the State of Wyoming in the 
laudable and desirable effort to feed, protect, and preserve from extinction the prin- 
cipal remnant of the big game of the United States, which range during the winters 
principally within the territory of the State of Wyoming; be it further 
Resolved, That engrossed copies of this memorial and request be sent to the Presi- 
dent of the United States, to the President of the United States Senate, to the 
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and to the Secretary of the 
Interior, asking their aid in bringing the object of this memorial and request before 
Congress and in securing from same an adequate appropriation of public moneys for 
the noble, humane, and national purpose herein set forth; and be it further 
Resolved, -That engrossed copies of this memorial and request be sent to the Sen- 
ators from Wyoming in the Congress of the United States, viz., Hons. Clarence D. 
Clark and Francis E. Warren, and our Representative in said Congress, Hon. 
Frank W. Mondell, asking them to use their best efforts to secure favorable action 
upon the request embodied herein. 
Approved February 17, 1911. 
In accordance with this memorial the act approved March 4, 1911, 
making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture, included 
an item of $20,000 immediately available for feeding, protecting, and 
removing elk in Jackson Hole and vicinity. The administration of 
this fund was intrusted to the Biological Survey, and to the writer was 
assigned the task of making the preliminary investigation. 
ITINERARY. 
J left Washington on March 7, 1911, and reached Cheyenne, Wyo., 
March 9. Here I was joined by Mr. D. C. Nowlin, formerly State 
game warden, who was to be associated with me in the work. Pur- 
suant to my instructions, conferences with Gov. Joseph M. Carey 
were held on March 10 and 11. The governor, as chairman of the 
newly established game commission, expressed himself as pleased to 
see steps taken toward Federal cooperation in the protection of the 
elk, and furnished me letters of introduction and a permit to capture 
a number of animals for removal to parks in other States. On March 
12 Mr. I). F. Hudson, the present State game warden, joined us, and 
