The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-10
PROPOSE To REMOVE
ELK FROM WYOMING
Biological Survey Sends Agent
to Investigate Conditions In.
cident to Wild Game.

WASHINGTON, D. c. July 9.-The
biological survey of the department OF as
riculture has received n preliminary re-
pert from the agent which il sent &c
Wyoming to investigate conditions Incl
dent to wild game In the northwestern
part or the state, Al The last session OF
congress Senator Warren secured an ap-
propriat!on of s2O.O00 for the care and
preservation OF the elk in Wyoming and
II is under this appropriation that the
biological survey is making It's inVeStiga-
tions II was proposed to make. an effort
10 remove thousands OF elk from the
Jackson S Hole range. which is insult
hcicnt for their support. TO a range OF
larger extent in Big Horn county. wyom-
Ing, where there Is sufficient pasturage
TO maintain the elk during the winter
season.
Removal Impracticable,
The agent OF the survey who has been
IN Wyoming. reports that the removal
OF elk IN great numbers would he i'm
practicable and any system Of driving
them across the country from one range
IN another would be entirely out Of the
question. II was proposed TO have sew
eral troops OF cavalry and volunteer
stock men and cowboys engage in driv
ing the elk from the Jackson's Hole to
tho Big Horn range, but this plan. as
stated. is deemed entirely impra ctica bic.
The officers OF the survey are Of the
opinion that the conditions incident TO the
'NeicIo"ueu range can oc overcome III q
measure by removing the elk in small
bodies TO parks and reservations in va
Tious parts of The western states where
provision can be made for feeding them
and Tor protecting them from hunters.
Parks and reservations OF this nature,
soD'c OF them enclosed with fences. have
neen established in Oregon. South Da
knta, Colorado. New Mexico, Nevada,
.dontana and Oklahoma Experiments
nave been made In the removal Of elk In
bodies 1l from twelve TO twenty TO some
nf these reservations with good results.
requests from practically all OF these
states TO have elk shipped them from the
biz supply herd in Wyoming, which num-
hers. perhaps. II 000 animals. II they
can proceed with the work and establish
the nucleus OF similar herds in these va
rious states they believe that the elk can
b. preserved in large numbers wild
game animal and asset of the west.
Request Of Game Warden.
The state game warden of Wyoming
has requested the officers OF the SUR
vey to eXpond tie funds at their dis |
possl IN providing for the purchase Of |
hay during the coming winter In the Jack |
son Hole country 10 prevent the elk |
from starving. II is probable this request |
Ney probably will endeavor to make ar |
by which hay can be pur- |
chased In the Yellowstone park and also |
III the Jacksons Hole country if the emer- |
sency arises during the winter by which |
the elk will have To he fed. As perma-
neDt and systematic plan of preserving |
the elk the officers of the survey favor
shipping some OF them from the Jackson's 9
Hole and Yellowstone park herds to sim
llar parks and reservations In all parts
OF the west where conditions are favor
able for feeding and caring for the ami
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