to hunting and fishing, 
are complied with. The 
ranger helps to stock 
with game fish the 
little lakes far back in 
the mountains, often 
packing in on his back 
the cans of little fish 
fry. 
In the Pacific North- 
west this heritage of 
wild life is a “ich one. 
In no other part of the 
United States is there 
such a variety nor 
such an abundance of 
life in the forest. Deer, 
black-tailed, white-tail- 
ed and mule; black and 
grizzly bear; mountain 
sheep and mountain 
goat; antelope; ani- 
mals of the plains, the 
forests, and the peaks. 
Periodically the for- 
est ranger is called on 
to draw up an estimate 
or census of the num- 
bers of game and pred- 
atory animals of his district, which 
information is in turn supplied to the 
game commissions of the two states. 
UCH a census in the nature of 
the case must be a rough estimate, 
but made as it is by the men on the 
ground, it represents perhaps the most 
accurate figure possible on the num- 
ber of game animals on any given Na- 
tional Forest, or in any group of 
National Forests. Such a census in- 
cludes, of course, only animals within 
the federal forested areas. and not 
for the states as a whole. 
A census has been recently compiled 
for the 27,019,200 
acres included 
within the twenty- 
two National For- 
ests of Oregon 
and Washington. 
These figures are 
of decided interest 
to all sportsmen 
as well as to 
lovers of wild life. 
For the fourteen 
National Forests 
comprising 15,426,- 
360 acres) of the 
State of Oregon 
the 1923 census 
shows an estimate 
of 52,000 deer in 
the state on the 
National Forests 
alone, divided into 
34.000 black-tailed, 
18,000 mule deer, 
and 75 white-tail- 

Ground squirrel in the protecting hand of a forest ranger. 
ed. Black-tail are reported from 
eleven of the forests, mule deer from 
ten and white-tail from four only. 
Elk or wapati are reported from eleven 
of Oregon’s forests, ranging from an 
estimate of 1,500 on one forest down 
to ten on another, with a total of 3,000 
head. Antelope, a plains animal, is re- 
ported from only one forest and that 
in the south-central part of the state. 
Mountain sheep appear on the estimates 
of but two Oregon forests, with a total 
of 45 animals. No mountain goats are 
reported in the state. 
Washington with its Cascade Range 
far more broken and spreading out 
along tke Canadian 
border to a great width 
olfers perhaps a safer 
retreat for wild life 
than does Oregon. On 
the 11,592,900 acres in 
the eight National For- 
ests in the state of 
Washington the forest 
rangers estimate that 
there are 25,000 deer, 
with 17,000 black-tail, 
829 white-tail (report- 
ed from three forests 
only) and 7,000 mule 
deer. Elk are report- 
ed from seven forests, 
totaling §,(00 head. 
The Olympic National 
Forest, the home of 
the rare Roosevelt elk 
(Cervus Roosevelt), 
reports 7,000 head of 
this species. Both 
mountain sheep and 
mountain goats are re- 
ported for Washing- 
ton, 25 of the former 
and 3,000 of the latter, 
to be found on six of the National For- 
ests of the state. 
eee estimates of fur-bearing ani- 
mals made by the rangers must 
be recognized as even more approxi- 
mate figures. Among these are badger, 
beaver, fox, bobcat, lynx, mink, musk- 
rat, marten, and otter. For Oregon’s 
fourteen forests the estimated totals 
run: badger, 6,000; beaver, 8,000; fox, 
3,000; mink, 10,000; muskrat, 6,500; 
marten, 1,000; otter, 400; lynx, 90. 
For Washington’s eight National For- 
ests the figures are: 9,000 muskrat; 
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A pair of bull elk taking to the water, 
