The national parks portfolio . us herds of caribou. In fact,the special reason why Congress set apart the region at this time was to con-serve the wild animal life in advance of the invasion of hunters which the newGovernment railroad will bring into Alaska, the road as projected runningwithin 20 miles of this greatest of natures spectacles. Charles Sheldon, of the Boone and Crockett Club, told the Senate commit-tee that several times he has counted as many as 500 mountain sheep in a singleday of ordinary travel, and that herds of caribou numbering from twelve tofifteen hundred are frequently
The national parks portfolio . us herds of caribou. In fact,the special reason why Congress set apart the region at this time was to con-serve the wild animal life in advance of the invasion of hunters which the newGovernment railroad will bring into Alaska, the road as projected runningwithin 20 miles of this greatest of natures spectacles. Charles Sheldon, of the Boone and Crockett Club, told the Senate commit-tee that several times he has counted as many as 500 mountain sheep in a singleday of ordinary travel, and that herds of caribou numbering from twelve tofifteen hundred are frequently seen. As a game refuge and breeding ground the new national park conservesAlaskan game which elsewhere is rapidly disappearing. As in the case of theYellowstone National Park, the reservation serves as a perpetual center ofgame supply for large neighboring areas. These animals do not greatly fear man, because they have never beenhunted. One can approach the great herds of caribou. There are also manyAlaskan bear of great HCO<UiXHDOC/2 WXH O HZ O I
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