Forest History Society Photograph Collection Images from the "Views From the National Forests" Auxiliary Photo Collection / Views24th.jpg

Image ID:  Views24 Image Date:   1929 Image Title:   Forage for Wild Game Image Caption:   [Caption 1:] Always, on the National Forests, grazing by domestic stock is restricted and regulated with the knowledge--and the purpose--of first assuring foliage for wild game. Take the National Forests in Montana as an example. Here domestic stock are restricted to 2 1/2 to 4 summer months and are confined to 34% of the federally-owned lands. Wild game, on the other hand, uses all the acreage each summer: the 34% assigned to domestic stock--on which all feed is not consumed--and the 66% which domestic stock does not touch. In fact, summer range on National Forests in Montana is ample to support wild game in numbers greater than those now dependent upon those ranges for summer sustenance. But a different situation exists with respect to winter range. Ring neck pheasant on the Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia. (24-238,427) [Caption 2:] Summer 1929. Ring neck pheasant in native haunts. [This image is from an album produced in the mid-1930s by the U.S. Forest Service for placement on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway's California Limited in an attempt to introduce passengers to the National Forests. Includes 36 black-and-white photographs, dating 1914-1933, from National Forests across the country with accompanying captions addressing such topics as recreation, wildlife, reforestation, timber management and use, fire control, forage, and the activities of the Civilian Conservation Corps.] Photographer:   [unknown] Use Restrictions:   Permission from the Forest History Society required for any use of this image. Repository Contact Information:   Forest History Society, Inc.; 701 William Vickers Ave., Durham, NC 27701; Tel.: (919) 682-9319; Fax: (919) 682-2349.