The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-15
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Army oflcers acting ss superinteadsnts Of
the great national parks have for years past
been alternately protesting against threatened
Legislation 10 authorize sneroach N snts upon
the reserved areas. and asking for other leeis-
lstion that shall make II possible effectively to
protect the parks against maraudera Capt
George 8. Anderson. acting supsrintendent Of
the Yellowstone Park. has protested In his last
| two reports against this proposition embodied
in LEGISLATION now pending TO pare down the
park on the north and west 10 the Wyoming
boundary He has also pointed out the need
| OF . stringent law to protect game. and such
q law is now on its way through Congress-
The acting superintendents OF the Yosemite
Park and its neighbors. seauoia and Grant
parks. have year after year AK ed for the en-
sctment Of laws providing some penalty for
cattle owners whose herds are found grazing
In the parks
The Yellowstone. with Its area Of s.eoo
square miles, and the Yosemite, with $1,000.
and Sequoia Park. with an area OF about $50
square miles, constitute the greatest area OF
public parks held by any country in the world.
The aggregate area Of these parks probably
exceeds that Of all the great European parks
combined. While the superintendent Of the
Yellowstone Fsrk has been battling to save the
reservation from being pared down in the In
terest OF mining companies. Capt James
Parker. acting superintenden t Of Sequoia and
Grant parks in California, near the Yosemite
FARE Ses 40 s1'
area Grant Park and q fine territory north and
east o. Seauoia Pars The park. as thus con.
PARK, and would include what Capt Parker
calls the hnes. fishing region 10 the world.
east e. Of the YOSEMITE Park. Il Is sufroSnded
within the park l.. owned by cattlemen. The
park L. guarded all summer By a detachment
are turned into Il. they have Destroyed the
nests and eggs OF manJ thousand game birds,
dneed In numbers. The SUPERINTENDENT and
his soldiers can sre .ts hHrder' oI G5s with
%itsrE ''d pressnS' tSs, pf2E%s' hsrds Gs
the irespassers soon discovered TINT this was
an Invention. The superintendent after that
en- orce IL ir such a way as to make the penalty
Of expulsion from the park az severe as pos
s Ss hs Ge1 d6 he e sSd back 4 Tos
march the whole company by a difficult road
tSe poin AZ Which he made the
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ths RsIn aud ds' ro 5st1.n ES Ss
Sessins q their loss made haste e bid thsi;
method Of providing penalty where none. OF:
iessened the dam &c from sheep and cattle.
Grant Park. which contains a noble forest OF |
and
soldiers guarding the park y constantly busted |
Tt T ec,s Be-
about 81 900. and bolie,es that nothing hut |
come to be included in tho proposed extension |
practissbis and L would reaaire thinks the
two companies OF infantry to
q. Yosemite Park has been much beset by
herders. but the superlntendent and his sol
the trospassers that there il much less dim.
Guilty than formerly in excluding sheep and
fS% ,hs ga Sew.P H5s t oSs
Is not friendly to the PARK
as well with gang o. vSt9hful and persistent
poachera The park 10 believed 70 contain at
q those animals now WI" living in The Gnitsd
St, 2SSS ~ elk, m 1a moantain sheer
Of several varieties. a few moose. besides
beavers. wolvsrines. badgers porcuplnes, offers,
The Ss.t and and .U a'tet 3, III.
rarest OF these animals live on the upper
edge Of the park In the beautiful noun
tain region II is proposed to pars of The
poachers here about this region trap the beay-
ers for their valuable skins. catch the buffalo
fnlos for their hides and heads. and destroy
game OF all kinds. The Increasing scarcity OF
big game makes the park more and more
however. are increasing In the park The
beavers. in particular. are multiplying. and 40
are the elks, though IL Is estimated that 5. 900
persisted the winter before last. The bears OF
the smaller sort have become very tame. and so
have many other OF tho large animals. Even
the m ountain sheep permit the near approach
Oh the soldiers that guard the park and the
buffalo herds are undisturbed by visitors