. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 58 CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME. AN ELK REFUGE NEEDED. The elk, the largest game mammal of the west, was once very abundant in Cali- fornia. A census of the total number of wild elk left in the state would probably show less than five hundred animals. The last stand of the smaller valley elk is being made in Kern County where several hundred animals range back into the hills and then forage on the ranges near But- tonwillow. Complaints as
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 58 CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME. AN ELK REFUGE NEEDED. The elk, the largest game mammal of the west, was once very abundant in Cali- fornia. A census of the total number of wild elk left in the state would probably show less than five hundred animals. The last stand of the smaller valley elk is being made in Kern County where several hundred animals range back into the hills and then forage on the ranges near But- tonwillow. Complaints as to the depredations of these animals have been frequent. For many years it has been clear that unless land could be purchased and an elk refuge established in this vicinity the state will soon have to add this famous game animal to its list of exterminated species. Sev- eral attempts have been made to stir and December 1st, twenty thousand acres were disposed of in this region by the Miller and Lux Co. Marsh land in this area is selling at $25 an acre and upland, from $45 to $75 an acre. The refuge should, of course, contain both lowland and upland. Both federal and state officials are united in the belief that an elk refuge in the San Joaquin Valley is an impor- tant and immediate need. The matter of finance is the only factor which is preventing the solution of this problem. Somehow or other adequate means must be found for taking care of these wild elk in the San Joaquin Valley. The Izaak Walton League recently raised $36,500 by popular subscription, bought 1760 acres of land and presented. Fig. 27. Truck load of pheasants at Salinas on their way to the fields where they were planted. Augnst 9, 1927. Photograph by Sidney Snow. interest among the Order of Elks, but thus far no move has been made actually to furnish a satisfactory home for this final herd of elk. The U. S. Biological Survey has long advocated a refuge and recently Mr. E. A. Goldman, in charge of federal rese
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