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NATIONAL AND STATE PRESERVES AND REFUGES
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TheNationalBirdRefuges.—SaysDr.T.S.Palmer*: "National bird reservations have been established during the last ten years by Executive order for the purpose of affording protection to important breeding colonies of water birds, or to furnish refuges for migratory species on their northern or southern flights, or during winter.
few exceptions these reservations are either small rocky islets or tracts of marsh land of no agricultural value."
These reservations are of immense value to bird life, and their crea- tion represents the highest possible wisdom in utilizing otherwise value- less portions of the national domain. Dr. Palmer's alphabetical list of them is as follows, numbered in the order of their creation:
Belle Fourche, S. Dak. .34
Green Bay, Wis 56 Hawaiian Is., Hawaii.. . .26 Hazy Islands, Alaska. ... 54 Huron Islands, Mich .... 4 Indian Key, Fla 7 Island Bay, Fla 24 Kachess, Wash 37 Keechelus, Wash 36 Key West, Fla 17 Klamath Lake, Oreg. ... 18 Loch-Katrine, Wyo 25 Malheur Lake, Oreg. ... 19 Matlacha Pass, Fla 23 Minidoka, Idaho .
Mosquito Inlet, Fla 15 Niobrara, Nebr 55 PalmaSola, Fla 22 Passage Key, Fla 6 Pathfinder, Wyo 41
Pelican Island, Fla
Pine Island, Fla 21
Bering Sea, Alaska Bogoslof, Alaska
Breton Island, La Bumping Lake, Wash.. .39 Carlsbad, N. Mex
31 .20 38 52 33 40 Copalis Rock, Wash. ... 13
32 46 27
Chase Lake, N. Dak.. . Clealum, Wash
Clear Lake, Cal
Cold Springs, Oreg Conconully, Wash
9 42 5
Culebra, P. R
Deer Flat, Idaho
East Park, Cal
East Timbalier, La Farallon, Cal
Flattery Rocks, Wash. . Forrester Island, Alaska.53
44 51 2
Pribilof , Alaska
Quillayute N'dles, Ala.skal2
48 29 28 14 49 11
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8 43 Three Arch Rocks, Oreg. 10 Tortugas Keys, Fla 16
In addition to the above, the following governmental reservations have been established for the protection of wild life: Yes Bay, Alaska, of 35,200 acres; Afognak Island, Alaska, 800 sq. miles; Midway Islands Naval Reservation, H. T. ; Farallon Island, Point Reyes and Ano Nuevo Island, California; Destruction Island, Washington, and Hawaiian Islands Reservation (Laysan).
State Game Preserves in the United States
Pennsylvania.—The proposition that every state, territory and province in North America and everywhere else, should establish a series ofstateforestandgamepreserves,isfairlyincontestable. Asabusiness proposition it is to-day no more a debatable question, or open to argu- ment, than is the water supply or sewer system of a city. The only per- fect way to conserve a water supply for a great human population is by acquiring title to water sheds, and either protecting the forests upon them, or planting forests in case none exist.
In one important matter the state of Pennsylvania has been wide awake, and in advance of the times. I will cite her system of forest
*National Reservations for the Protection of Wild Life, bv T. S. Palmer, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Circular No. 87, Oct. 5, 1912.
Rio Grande, N. Mex
St. Lazaria, Alaska
Salt River, Ariz
Shell Keys, La
Shoshone, Wyo
Siskiwit, Mich
Strawberry Valley, Utah 35 Stump Lake, N. Dak. ... 3 Tern Islands, La
Tuxedni, Alaska
Willow Creek, Mont .... 30 Yukon Delta, Alaska. ... 47
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