The San Francisco call., 1909-03-28
NEW RESERVATIONS
FOR NATIVE BIRDS
twenty-five Additional Re-
serves Created by Roosevelt
During Incumbency
Island in Cook Inlet Ordered
Protected for Benefit of
Young Alaskan Moose
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

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WASHINGTON, March 27.-Just at
the close OF his seven years service as
president of the United States Roose-
Welt created new reservations for the
protection Of native birds Seventeen
Of these reservations embrace the res
ervolr sites created by the reclamation
service for furnishing water supply to
reclaim arid lands, as follows: Salt
river, Arizona; East park, California;
Deer Flat and MinidoSa, Idaho; Willow
creek. Montana: Carlsbad and Rio
Grande. New Mexico; Cold Springs. Ore
gon; Belle Fourche. South Dakota;
Strawberry valley, Utah; Keechelus
lake, Kachess lake. Clealum lake,
Dumping lake and Coneonully, Wash
ington. and Shoshone and Pathfinder,
Wyoming.
These i reservations embrace the
lands covered by the flow lines Of the
reservoirs. and in addition the smallest
legal subdivision adjoining same. Many
Of these reserves are upon unsurveyed
land and their areas have not been
estimated The reclamation service was
In hearty sympathy with the movement
TO prevent the killing, for commercial
purposes, OK lAG Oll46 hlAASAA NV A~9N
annually upon the islets and shore lines
OF these large reservoirs or which will
probably nest there in the near future.
Wardens Will be placed in charge and
the officials of the reclamation service
in charge Of the reservoir sites viii
also extend a helping police influence
over all the reserved tracts.
In addition to the II bird reserves
upon reservoir sites, six bird reserves
h0g1 10 rfa IF
the territory OF Alaska These reserva-
tions are as follows:
BERING SEA RESERVATIONS
Bering sea reservation. embracing
Halksnd st. Matthews islands in Bering
sea.
Yukon-Delta reservation. embracing
the treeless tundra of the delta Of the
Yukon. south Of the Yukon river and
west OF the Kuskowim river. The lands
embraced within this reservation are
marshy, covered with lakes, and worth
less for agricultural, mineral or other
use, as far as known.
Pribilof reservation embracing two
small islands Of the Pribilof group, oc-
cupied by myriads Of sea fowl, about
the middle of the Aieutian archipelago.
Tuxedni reservation, embracing small
islets in Tuxedni harbor, along the
western shores of Cooks inlet. on the
southern coast of Alaska.
st. Lazaria reservation, embracing a
small island in the mouth of Sitka har-
Dor.
BogosIof reservation. embracing one
or two volcanic islets, the number de-
pending upon the volcanic activity, In
Bering sea on the northern borders of
the Aleutian archipelago.
Upon these Alaskan reservations
myriads. of sea fowl breed annually,
a = .o.of
supplying summer homes for countless
numbers OF wild geese of several
species, and edible wild ducks.
An additional reservation was created
of the coast Of San Francisco, about
50 miles west Of the mouth Of San
Francisco Rarbor, of the northern and
middle Farallon islands, the large
southern island being a lighthouse re-
serve and the breeding birds thereon
having already adequate protection.
The Culebra reservation embraces q
number OF small islands of the Culebra
group. being the easternmost islands
of Porto Rico. These islands are a
part OF a naval reserve and there is
also a lighthouse reservation upon one
of them, but the bird reservation is
made subject to the prior requirements
of naval and lighthouse service.
HAWAIIAN ISLAND RESERVATIONS
Recently the president created the
Hawaiian islands reservation for the
protection Of native birds. This reser-
walton embraces all of the small islets
and reefs lying near the western ex-
tremity Of the Hawaiian group except
ing Midway island. which is a naval
reservation. Among these islands are
included those which, until an order
was issued by the Japanese government
q few years ago, were used as poach-
ing grounds by Japanese sailors, who
killed the birds by the shipload and
forwarded them to Europe via Asiatic
ports for the use of millinery manu-
facturers. 1t was reliably reported that
certain American citizens proposed to
assist the japanese poachers by killing
the birds and delivering their carcasses
to the ships Of the waiting Japanese.
On this account some II or IA islets
and reefs We're reserved by executive
order for the protection Of the birds
thereon.
The closing days of President Roose-
velts administration We're also marked
by the creation OF a new form of res
ervation. Fire island, which is locat ted
near the head OF Cooks inlet, Alaska
is a well known resort for the cows
Of the Alaska moose, the largest known
representative Of the moose family. The
young born on the islands were, when
old enough to protect themselves from
the attacks of wolves, led back to the
main shore by the parents. Fire island
was created a reservation for the pro-
lection of this species of moose. This
is the first reserve created by the chief
executive for the purpose of protecting
native animals. The reservation is
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