The Cordova daily times., 1922-12-29
Dr. w. H. Chase in Outdoor Life

A lslGaHIhHtplAAA fish industry generally procure their winter meat supply from the caribou herds, but what little meat they take is insignificant, and they should be permitted to take what hey may re- quire for this purpose.
 Recently two canneries have been established at the point where the caribou were acustomed to swi,l across to the mainland, and a. result these animals on Unimak lsf and have crowded to the extreme westward end of the island, where there is not suiticient food procai' able, and in the spfing Of lszl a humber of dead animals were found along the beach, where they had died from starvation. This reservation sbopld be extended to take in DOT tion of the mainland whereby the animals could pass back and forth without being disturbed.
 About five years ago some public spirited citizens of the Prince Will fam Sound district raised fund | locally to stock the islands of the sound with deer. According to the native tradition there was time when this section was well stocked with these animals, but there is no evidence that a deer had been seen for at least one generation. With the available fund man was dispatched l to Southeastern Alaska to procure animals to stock the islands. A lit tie later this fund was increased by an appropriation made by the Terri toral Legislature. All told, about i thirty-five animals were procured and released on Hinchinbrook and Flaw kins islands in Prince William l Sound. These animals are now pro tected zealously by the residents of this section, and one of the first acts of the Biological Survey was to see that this stock should be pro- tected in every way possible.
 The number of deer has increased Ito the extent that it is not at all unusual to see them standing on the beaches, and number have been observed swimming to the mainland At the next session of the Terri torial Legislature an effort Will De made to procure more funds with which to stock other islands along the coast. Many of these islands are free from wolves and other desfftHc tive animals which disturb deer or the mainland A proportion Of all the islands along the Alaskan Coast should be made reserves for the pro pagation and retreat of wild life This should prove a simple and ef fective means of preserving and per petuating the different species.
 The moose is another animal tha could be met with in most any par' of the Territory few years ago TO day he is seldom seen except ill pro tected areas such as the Kenai Pc ninsuia and the Mckinley Natlona Park districts. where he is protect ed by law. The moose is hablta of th eforest and swamp lands. Un like other members of the deer trlDe he may be found wading arount through the water anl lakes Of the swamps in search of roots ant sprouts which grow under water ane which comprise the choicest articles of his diet. In fact, nearly all his sub sistence is to be found in places : which are of practically no value fol any other purpose.
 The mountain goat. inhabits the entire coastal range of Alaska Owing to the inaccessible retreats o his domain, this animal has beer able to protect himself to date, bu
 with the increase in population O Alaska, other than natural protec ton will be necessary to insure his existence.
 It is claimed by many that tht eagles, which are very numerous II Alaska, are responsible for the de struction of many of these animals There is no question that this is true to great extent. To determine jus how far this destruction goes will re quire investigation by those who art familiar with such subjects.
 Alaskan mountains include some Q the most extensive and ideal noun tain sheep ranges in the world. 4 few years ago the writer had tho extreme pleasure of viewing buncf o fthese beautiful animals, whicf numbered more than 1900. There ~f tf> iy,c,r, ,rf