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MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE MISSOURI FISH 
AND GAME LEAGUE. 
The president appointed the following, on the 
Membership Committee: 
Walter N. Fisher, R. E. Bradford, A. W. 
Douglas, Fred H. A. Meyer, Frank Fellows, 
(Springfield, Mo.) J. A. Huegel, (Jefferson 
City, Mo.) Geo. C. Stinde, B. B. Deems, Geo. 
D. Fisher, Paul J. Wielandy, J. B. Thompson, 
(Doniphan, Mo.) F. W. Buffum (Louisiana, 
Missouri). 
Mr. E. T. Grether made a report of the Illinois 
Fish and Game Conservation Society meeting that 
was held in Chicago, Illinois, and reported that 
matters pertaining to game laws had been re¬ 
ferred to the Legislative Committee, in order 
that bills could be introduced at the next session 
of the Legislature. 
Communications were read and bills approved; 
there being no further business, the meeting ad¬ 
journed to meet at the Marquette Hotel, Thurs¬ 
day evening, December loth. 
J. R. HICKMAN, Secretary. 
REPORT ON THE NATIONAL GAME RESER¬ 
VATIONS. 
Washington, D. C.—The following are extracts 
from the annual report of the Bureau of Biolo¬ 
gical Survey, U. S. Department of Agriculture, 
referring to the game reservations other than 
those for the protection of birds: 
National Bison Range. With an addition of 
19 calves born to the herd of buffalo on the Na¬ 
tional Bison Range, Montana, during the past 
year, the total number of the herd is now 115. 
It is difficult to ascertain the number of elk on 
the range, but 25 head have been observed by 
the warden in charge, an increase of 1 over last 
year. There were 9 antelope on the range at 
the end of the fiscal year, but the number of 
young born in the past spring is not yet known. 
No animals have died during the year- 
Weather conditions during the spring were 
ideal, and an abundance of bunch grass and 
other feed was the result. Many improvements 
have been made, roads have been repaired, trails 
cleared, and a telephone line two miles long con¬ 
structed to connect with the Flathead Company’s 
lines. 
Elk Refuge in Wyoming. Negotiations have 
been practically consummated for the purchase 
of a tract of land for a winter elk refuge in 
Jackson Hole, Wyoming, authorized by act of 
March 4, 1913, but title to the land has not yet 
been secured. 
Niobrara Game Reservation. Conditions on 
the Niobrara Reservation, Nebraska, have been 
exceptionally favorable, and all the animals are 
in good condition. The reservation continues to 
be an attraction to citizens of the state, as is 
evidenced by the large number of visitors. The 
37 animals now on the reservation include 10 
'buffalo, 23 elk, and 4 deer. Since their arrival 
there has been an increase of 2 buffalo, 7 elk, 
and 1 deer. The only loss so far reported was 
that of a young elk, which died during the win¬ 
ter. The additional deer was purchased from 
the park department of Council Bluffs, Iowa. 
Wind Cave Game Preserve. Through co-op¬ 
eration of the American Bison Society, 14 buf¬ 
falo, 7 males and 7 females, donated by the New 
York Zoological Park, were successfully shipped 
'by express on November 25, 1913, to the Wind 
Cave Preserve, near Hot Springs, S. Dak. Suf¬ 
ficient land has been acquired and added to the 
preserve to insure a permanent water supply. 
With the 21 elk transferred from Jackson Hole, 
Wyoming, and a deer recently purchased, there 
are now 36 animals on the preserve. Contracts 
have been let for the construction of a strong 
woven-wire fence, 88 inches in height and 8.67 
miles in length, to inclose 4,160 acres of the 
preserve. 
Feeding and Transporting Elk and Reindeer. 
As a result of the unusually mild winter in 
the Jackson Hole region in Wyoming, the migra¬ 
tion of elk to the feeding grounds was not large. 
Feeding the elk began January 30th and ended 
March 28th, with a total of 6,150 elk fed. Two 
hundred and forty-one elk were captured in 
Jackson Hole for distribution to National and 
State game reservations. Fifty head were dis¬ 
tributed in the National Forests in Colorado; 
46 in the National Forests in Utah; 23 to the 
newly created state preserve in Custer County, 
South Dakota; and 21 to the Wind Cave game 
preserve near Hot Springs, South Dakota. 
Reports indicate that there were but slight 
winter losses among the elk not fed. 
In co-operation with the Departments of In¬ 
terior and Treasury, the project of stocking with 
reindeer part of the Aleutian Islands Reserva¬ 
tion was begun in the summer of 1913. Owing 
to very rough weather, a number of reindeer 
aboard the Manning, which left Portage Bay 
with 65, refused to eat. As a result, 8 died. It 
was, therefore, determined to place a herd of 21 
on Dutch Harbor Island and to land the re¬ 
maining 36 head at Umnak. 
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