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NATIONAL AND STATE PRESERVES AND REFUGES 349
BIRD RESERVATIONS ON THE GULF COAST AND FLORIDA
In 1909, Wyoming established the Big Horn Game Preserve, in the mountain range of that name. Into it 25 elk were taken from Jackson Hole, and set free, in 1910, at the expense of the Sheridan Cotmty Sports- men's Club.
Louisiana:
Great developments for the preservation of wild life have recently-
been witnessed in Louisiana, all due to the initiative and persistent activities of two men, Edward A. Mcllhenny, of Avery Island, La., and Charles Willis Ward, of Michigan, lumbemian and horticulturist.
The Louisiana State Wild Fowl Refuge on Vermillion Bay, has an area of 13,000 acres. It was presented to the state by Messrs. Ward and Mcllhenn}^ and formally accepted and protected. It contains a great area of fresh-water ponds and marshy meadows, wherein grows an abundant supply of food for wild fowl. It contains several miles of gravel beach, which during the winter season is visited by thousands of wild geese in quest of their indispensable supply of gravel. The ponds within its borders furnish feeding-grounds for canvasback ducks, red- head, mallard, blackhead and various species of wild geese.
Other State Game Preserves
Idaho.—Payette River Game Preserve California.—^Pinnacles Game Preserve Wyoming.—Big Horn Mountains Game Preserve. Montana.—Yellowstone Game Preserve.
Acres 230,000 2.080
Pryor Mountain Game Preserve.