Fauna Series No. 2 Cover Contents Foreword Introduction Part I Part II

Fauna of the National Parks of the United States PART II REPORT CONCERNING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF BUFFER AREAS Submitted to the Director of the National Park Service, May 28, 1934 The following characteristics of buffer areas are proposed: 1. Each buffer strip should be several miles in depth, varying of course to suit the requirements of fauna, terrain, pressure of civilization, and other conditions imposed by the environs of each park or monument. For instance, a buffer area along the east side of Yosemite should extend far enough down the east slope of the Sierra Nevada to protect the fur bearers of that side of the park from trapping, and to protect Sierra Nevada bighorn in winter, if and when they are reestablished on the park. 2. There should be no introduction of exotics within the buffer areas. 3. There should be no trapping of fur bearers within the buffer areas. 4. There should be no predatory animal control within the buffer areas, unless it is sanctioned by the National Park Service. 5. There should be no grazing of domestic sheep within buffer areas. 6. Hunting of game animals, such as elk and deer, should be permitted within the buffer areas, where and when the National Park Service deems that such action is justified. For instance, the hunting of elk around Yellowstone and deer around Yosemite are clearly justified and desirable. It is believed that any such buffer-area program as proposed above would be of the greatest value in restoring and preserving the wilderness aspects of the parks and monuments and properly would hold a place in any comprehensive scheme of land utilization for conservation purposes. NEXT> Wildlife management under emergency conservation work

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