Alaska wild - life rescurses afe cf vital importance to its economy and the
welfare cf it’s residents. It is .'fitting that we understand and conserve these
resources.
In days gone by, when there were millinns of Caribou, their migrations would
stop paddle-wheel steamers for hours while the animals crossed the Yukon River.
Some herds traveled hundreds of miles to new ranges, and all hers are constan
tly on the move in search cf the slow growing lichens or reindeer moss, the pri
ncipad winter supply of fcod.
Both sexes of Caribou have antlers. The large males wheel their massive horns
in November and December, and the females and some cf the younger bull shed
their smaller ones in Mayor June.
Caribou are polygamous, and in October the bulls collect harems of 2 to 15
cows. In May or June, each cow has a single russet calf.
Caribou weigh from 100 to 500 pounds, they cross breed readily with the rein
deer, and some Caribou herds are well mixed with reindeer.
Through-out their range, these, antlered nomads are hunted for trophies and
meat; extensive hunting, forest fires and tundra fires and predation by wolves,
have greatly reduced their numbers so sharply that the phrase ’’millions of Car*
ibou” no longer applies. Greater pretedtion is the only means of preventing
even small migrations from becoming spectacles cf the past
Your Librarian
ANNOUCEMENTS
FOR SALE
I Brownie leaders, Adult leaders and
committee leaders needed for 2nd,
3rd and 4-th grade. Anyone willing
to help keep the Brownies on Adak
please call Mrs, Christiansen at
126-W
Souvenir plates of Adak may be
purchased from the Protestant Wo
men * 3 group—all profits go Id the
hazy Mountain °rphanage at Palmer
Alaska. For information call 059-W
or 303.
would like to care for children in
my hone by day, week, or month.
Call 651J for information
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TELEPHOTO LENSE, 400am, Meyer tele-meg
or-adaptor. Rings and filters. $125.00
phone 790 after 1500
WILLIS JEEP 1942, 2 engines, heater and
chains.Call Thompson at 999-993 daytime
PLYMOUTH HARDTOP-51, white. Good AdaR
transportation. $175*00. *or information
call Welch at 437 or 040J evenings.
PORTRAITS—i.ny <ne interested in having
portrait pictures taken contact Gwalt
noy, R. D. at (pfcrs. 146-B in the Hew
tillage, or phone 037W. Prices for por
traits are: Three 8x10 for $10.00,—
additional prints $1.00 each, or four
x7 for $10.00, additional prints $.75