The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-05-10
GLACIER BAY PUBLICITY

Purposes of the extension of the boun- diaries of Glacier Bay National Monument to make the more accessible to visitors and to provide sanctuary native wdife especially several species of bear Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes an- nounces in a memorandum to the press received here this week
 Visitors will enjoy Glacier Bay; will the bears from now on, though they have always been left pretty much to themselves in that lonely place. A question which arises in Southeast Alaska now is whether the enlargement of the Glacier Bay preserve will put end to recurrent rumors that all of Ad- mraty Island will be made National Park, expressly to guard the Southeast Alaska bear in his natural habitat.
 The recent Legislature passed memorial against the Admiralty Island National Park idea and it is possible this plea has met with favorable response in Washington
 The Glacier Bay Monument about 60 miles west of Juneau was than doubled by President Roose velts proclamation last month. The area now is 385O square miles which lot of country even in Alaska The preserve extends from the Canadian boundary to the three-mile limit off the seacoast.
 Interesting questions to just what private en- terprise will be allowed to do within the boundaries of the enlarged Monument certain to arise There several fish traps in the just added to the Monument and a large salmon cannery on Excursion Inlet, to which the new boundary extends. The crew of this cannery passed through Juneau yesterday SC operation is planned for this season, at any rate Whether fish traps and fish cannery will be allowed to remain m operation in National Monument is question which needs defining.
 Several families live within the addition to the monument, and some mining claims are held Present legislation permitting prospecting and mining in Glacier Bay National Monument and in Mount Me Kinley National Park will apply to the addition to the monument This legislation gives claim holders the right to use the surface and timber only in con- necton with legitimate exploration and development of the claims and retains ownership of the surface land by the Government
 The enlarged monument contains of the most magnificent scenery Alaska. The Fairweather Range has high peaks snowfields and glaciers Mount Fairweather, 15,3OO feet in elevation is the oftest peak The full range of glacial activity is portrayed from active tidewater glaciers to small nants or the entire disappearance of old glaciers
 "Inclusion of the coastal in the monument says MT. Ickes memorandum to the press" provides 6 natural feeding ground for wdlife that will find sanctuary there The Alaska brown bear is the most species in the monument and is in most need of protection being the bear most sought by hunters There three species of grizzlies within the area black bears and the blue glacier bear found only on the gaciated coast of Alaska. There many other animals including Stkan deer, noun tain goats wolves coyotes wolverines, red foxes lynx otter. ermine marten and mink.
 Whales. porpoises and seals are commonly ob- served Glacier Bay and adjacent waters The waters abound with water fowl during the summer and there many land birds, the bald eagle being the most conspicuous. salmon halibut and many other fish inhabt the of Glacier Bay and other bays ano inlets"
 Adjacent to the main lanes of steamer travel anc accessible for large and small craft Glacier Bay Ma tional Monument is well worth visit by old resident,