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Big Game Estimates and Inventories, 1928-1940
Summary
- Collection ID:
- SIA.FARU7168
- Creators:
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United States. Bureau of Biological Survey
- Dates:
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1928-1940
- Languages:
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English
- Physical Description:
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0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Descriptive Entry
Descriptive Entry
These papers include correspondence, statistics, and material generated and collected by the Biological Survey in its administration of the inventory from 1928 to 1940. For similar records, see Record Unit 7146.
Historical Note
Historical Note
By letter of September 26, 1923, the Chief of the Bureau of Biological Survey requested from the National Park Service yearly "information as to the number of the different kinds of big game animals in the various national parks, for use in reissuance of lists of national and state game and bird refuges." In 1937, the Biological Survey began annual inventories of big game throughout the country, compiling these statistics from estimates of the National Park Service, Forest Service, and its own field agents and cooperative units.
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Prefered Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7168, United States, Bureau of Biological Survey, Big Game Estimates and Inventories
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