. Biology in America. Biology. 420 Biology in America In the days of the pioneer the United States was teeming with game. Today the flocks of wild pigeons, the herds of buffah), elk and anteh)pe are but memories of the past, but a few wanderers renuiining among the graves of their de- parted kin. Of the wild pigeon not one wild bird remains toilay to boar testimony to tlieir departed glory. To save the others from a like fate the Biological Survey in co-opera- tion with our National Park Service and the Audubon Soci- ety has established havens of refuge throughout the country, where the remain
. Biology in America. Biology. 420 Biology in America In the days of the pioneer the United States was teeming with game. Today the flocks of wild pigeons, the herds of buffah), elk and anteh)pe are but memories of the past, but a few wanderers renuiining among the graves of their de- parted kin. Of the wild pigeon not one wild bird remains toilay to boar testimony to tlieir departed glory. To save the others from a like fate the Biological Survey in co-opera- tion with our National Park Service and the Audubon Soci- ety has established havens of refuge throughout the country, where the remaining herds of large game are safe from the. IN Winter in Yellowstone National Park Photo by Haynes, 8t. Paul. Courtesy of the U. S. 'National Park Service. depredations of man, and others where our wild fowl may breed in safety and replenish their fast thinning ranks. The best known of these is the Yellowstone National Park, where the bears and elk, due to plentiful food and lack of molesta- tion, have become almost as tame as domesticated animals. All of our national parks are ''out of bounds" for the sports- men, except for the ever increasing number of those who hunt only with the camera. In addition to the national parks there are five other big game reservations, all of them in charge of the Bureau, containing herds of elk, buffalo, ante- lope, and deer. All but the antelope are apparently thriv- ing, thanks to adequate prote(!tion and winter feeding, when. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Young, R. T. (Robert Thompson), b. 1874. Boston, R. G. Badger
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