UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
                         FOREST SERVICE 
 
 
 
jildlife                                          Cody, Wvomirg 
General                                           February P, 1939 
 
Mr. Aldo Leopold 
Professor of ,ildlife Management 
University of Yi'ýonsin 
494 University Farm Plice 
Madison, "'isconsin 
 
Dear Mr. Leopold: 
 
      Thank- you very much for your letter of December 20. 
 
      Dr. Parker is a friend of manv vears of my family as well as 
mine, and it was indeed a pleasure to hear from you thru him. 
 
      Vntil June of last year I was intimately connected with wildlife 
activities as I was attached to the Division of Mildlife and Range 
Management, Region ?, and in active charge of game and fish management 
activities for the Region. In June I was transferred to my present 
assignment on the Shoshone Forest. Si-tce that time I have not been 
as intimately associated with wildlife work as formerly although 
there are many game problems here since it is the most important 
big game Forest in this Region. 
 
      Here we have all species of big geme occurrin; in the Re-ion 
"with the exception of the ,hite tailed deer. Antelope, bear, black

and grizzly, mule deer, elk, moose and mountain sheep are the species 
represented. It is the only Forest in this Region with so many 
species ipresente4. 
 
      You maybe interrested in learning something about soma of our 
unique wildlife sit-tions. One is that the deer which uise practically 
the same summer ran e as the Jackson Hole Elk herd in the Thoroughfare 
country south *nd southeast of Yellowstone Park, winter on end adjacent 
to the Fores in the South Fork of the ShoShone River valley. The deer 
migrate eastward, and many of them cross the 6ontinental Divide to 
reach their winter range while the elk move southwvard and down country 
into Jackson's Hole. Another is that we have about 250 head of ant- 
elope which range during the summer months at and above timberline 
in the southern part of the Forest. The first mas- migration to this 
timberline country was in 1934 following the first  ear of fawn 
trapping for restocking purposes on the plains immediately adjacent 
to the Forest. The animals appear to be definitely established, 
thoroughly contented and doing well. 
 
      If you ever happen to visit Yellowstone Park or any other part 
of the neighboring country, we would be very happy for you to spend 
as much time as you can and cere to with us. 
 
 
                                    Sincerelyj#4qr s 
 
 
                                    Forest Supervisor.