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- Cervus canadensis
Waterton L. [Lakes] July 19/20.
Left the car at the summit on
the Chief Mt [Mountain] Road and hiked over the
elk range to Sofa Mt [Mountain]. There is
some browsing of willows, very slightly
of aspen + little more on Acer glabra [underlined]
Lots of grass carryover except on the
lower parts on which the cattle
have already made appreciable inroads
Very little elk sign around the
basin of Crooked Creek.
Waterton L. [Lakes] July 22/45 [1945]
Rode the Bradshaw ranch for some
5 hours. It is in a natural funnel
constituted by the parkland portion
of the Belly River Valley. Bradshaw
first saw elk on his place in 1932.
In 1936 they became a serious pest.
Only last year did they begin
bothering J.J. West whose ranch
adjoins Bradshaws on the S [south] side of
the Belly.
Bradshaw saw 125 +/- staying all
last summer in Crooked Creek basin.
He has built 7 hay yards with
6 1/2 to 6 ft [foot] fences of 7 strands of
barbed wire. They jump this to
enter the yards + stampede out breaking
poles + wire.
Bradshaw argues that the Prov. Govt. [Provincial Government]
proposals will not help because only
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