New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-25
PRESERVATION OF THE CoUN-
TRYS WILD LIFE.

Even more important was the taking OF
steps 10 preserve from destruction besut-
f,Il and wonderful wild creatures who's,
existence was threatened by greed AMI
wantonness During the seven ana
half years closing on March 4, 1909. more
was accomplished for the protection o.
Wild life in the United States than dur
ing all the previous years, excepting only
the creation OF the Yellowstone National
Park The record includes the creation
Of five national parks-Crater Lake ore
gon: Wind Cave South Dakota Platt'
oklahoma: sully Hill. North Dakota, and
Mesa Verde. Colorado: four big game
, refugees in Oklahoma. Arizona, Montana
and Washington; ffty-one bird reserVa-
tions ard the enactment Of laws for tn
protection Of wild life in Alaska, the DIS
rrlct OF Columbia and on national pro
reserves. These measures may be briefly
enumerated as follows
The enactment OF the first game laws
for the Territory Of Alaska I'm 1902 and
1908. resulting in the regulation OF inc
export of heads and trophies Of big game
and putting an end 10 the slaughter o.
deer for hides along the southern coss'
Of the territory.
The securing in 1902 Of the first appro-
priation for the preservation OF putalV
and the establishment in the Yellowstone
National Park OF the first and now the
| largest herd Of buffalo belonging to tn
government.
I Tho massage of the act of January -,
{ 1905. creating the Wichita Game Preserve
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In 1907 l2OOO acres of this preserve were
/ inclosed with woven wire fence Tor the
reception Of the herd Of fifteen buffalo do
mated by the New York Geological So
cety.
The passage OF the act of June o. 1885
providing for the establishment OF the
Grand Canyon Game Preserve OF Arizona
now comprising /, i92 s2s acres.
The massage Of the national monuments
act Of June s. 1876. under which a number
OF objects of scientific interest have been
preserved for all time. Among the monu-
,nents created are Muir Woods Pinnacles
National Monument in California ana tne
Mount Olympus National Monument
Washington. which form important rel
uges for game.
The passage Of the act Of june 30, 1906
reglating shooting in the District ofsCo-
lumbia and making three-fourths or the
environs OF the national capital within the
District in effect a national refuge.
The passage OF the act OF May %, 1905
nroyiding for the establishment OF the Ma
tionai Bison Range in Montana. This
range comprises about 1900 acres OF land
| l. lot RCgerEa-
tim on which is now established herd
Of eighty buffalo. the nucleus OF which
was donated TO the government by the
American Bison Society.
The issue OF the order protecting birds
on the Niobrara Military Reservation, Ne
braska, in 1905. making this entire reser-
walton in effect bird reservation.
The establishment by executive order
between March "a. 1893 and March T. 1903,
Of nfty-one national bird reservations,
distributed I'm seventeen states and terri
tories from Porto Rico to Hawaii and
Alaska. The creation OF these reserva-
lions al once placed the United States In
the front rank in the world work OF bird
protection. Among these reservations are
the celebrated Pelican Island rookery. In
Indian River, Florida. the Mosquito Inlet
Reservation. Florida. the northernmosi
home Of the manatee; the extensive
marshes bordering Klamath and Malheui
lakes. in oregon. formerly the scene OF
slaughter OF ducks for market and ruth
less destruction OF plume birds for the
millinery trade; the Tortugas Key. Flor
ida. where. in connection with the Car
negie Institute. experiments have beer
made on the homing instincts of birds
and the great bird colonies on Laysan anC
sister isets IN Hawaii some OF the great
est colonies OF sea birds IN the world.
The next instalment of Mr. Roosevelt
Chapters OF a Possible AutobioR raphy" l
entitled The Big stick and the sQuar
Deal" II will appear February I.
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