Outing . ate-ment, and all traced it to the one cause—overstocking the ranges with domesticsheep. This has resulted not only in thedestruction of thousands of elk, but oflarge numbers of the park antelope aswell. The situation is this: north of Yel-lowstone Park and adjoining it lie theGallatin and Absaroka National ForestReserves. In these reserves, as in allother national reserves, the federalauthorities permit domestic sheep torange, and here graft plays a large partin admitting the sheep in excessive num-bers. A sheep man wishing to take in a flockof sheep makes application for license for
Outing . ate-ment, and all traced it to the one cause—overstocking the ranges with domesticsheep. This has resulted not only in thedestruction of thousands of elk, but oflarge numbers of the park antelope aswell. The situation is this: north of Yel-lowstone Park and adjoining it lie theGallatin and Absaroka National ForestReserves. In these reserves, as in allother national reserves, the federalauthorities permit domestic sheep torange, and here graft plays a large partin admitting the sheep in excessive num-bers. A sheep man wishing to take in a flockof sheep makes application for license fora stated number of animals. The sheepman sees the forest ranger patrollingthe district which it is desired to enter,and the ranger, his conscience havingbeen duly quieted, reports that there isample pasturage for an estimated num-ber of sheep always in excess of thenumber for which the sheep man hasasked license. The license is dulygranted, and on the strength of itusually a greater number of sheep than.
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