. Bird-lore . s sentabcHit 60 to the Cascade Mountains ofWashington and about 30 to the GlacierNational Park. Efiforts have been made by the Bio-logical Survey to induce the states ofWyoming, Montana, and the authoritiesof the Yellowstone Park, to arrange forthe transferring of 500 Elk annually fromeach of the great herds for re?t ekingother suitable areas in the United yet, however, no agreement has beenreached. On December 18, 1912, theInterior Department approved regulationslimiting the number of Elk to be distribu-ted from the Yellowstone Park herd tofifty for any one State. Alth

---

. Bird-lore . s sentabcHit 60 to the Cascade Mountains ofWashington and about 30 to the GlacierNational Park. Efiforts have been made by the Bio-logical Survey to induce the states ofWyoming, Montana, and the authoritiesof the Yellowstone Park, to arrange forthe transferring of 500 Elk annually fromeach of the great herds for re?t ekingother suitable areas in the United yet, however, no agreement has beenreached. On December 18, 1912, theInterior Department approved regulationslimiting the number of Elk to be distribu-ted from the Yellowstone Park herd tofifty for any one State. Although the Game Committee favorsthe introduction of Elk in permanentlyfenced areas where the surroundingcountry is not vast enough to receive anoverflow from the increasing hard, never-theless its efforts will be directed towardthe establishment of wild herds in GameRefuges where such herds can incresaeand restock the adjacent region. The Elk on the Pacific Coast, in bothWashington and California, are of differ-. .,^k BULL ELK SHOT FOR ITS TEETH AND FLESH, WYOMINGPhotographed by S. N. Leek

---

Size: 2422px × 1032px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ., boo, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjectbirdsperiodicals