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Theodore Roosevelt is pleased to learn of the partnership between the Biological Survey and the National Conservation Commission. The Commission has already conferred with C. Hart Merriam regarding details.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-07-02
Theodore Roosevelt sends an enclosure that shows things are “all right.” He is also excited for the Biological Survey.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-02-28
George Bird Grinnell responds to Theodore Roosevelt’s questions about the Yellowstone Park elk by sending part of an issue of Forest and Stream. In the March issue, Hough recommended the abolition of the Biological Survey and change in the personnel of the Forest Service.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1918-04-15
C. Hart Merriam thanks Theodore Roosevelt for the skin and skeleton of the dark-colored wolf from north of Quebec. This is the first skin from eastern Canada.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1917-01-19
C. Hart Merriam sends President Roosevelt information he requested about the Biological Survey for use in Roosevelt’s message to Congress. Merriam just returned from a trip along the Mexican boundary. He learned that the Desert Bighorn is still common in the Colorado desert and that the mule deer sticks to the desert.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-11-01
Robert Bridges encloses a reply from the Biological Survey regarding Colorado squirrels, and has decided upon the name armatus for them.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-08-21
With Theodore Roosevelt’s assistance, C. Hart Merriam has been able to reach a conclusion regarding the bobcats of the southern Rocky Mountain region. Merriam was interested in seeing large skulls from Colorado to see if they match specimens from the Uinta Mountains. Merriam thanks Roosevelt for his contribution to the Biological Survey, and asks to keep some of the skulls. Merriam also responds to Roosevelt’s request for information about deer. Merriam has not been able to obtain a white-tailed deer specimen from any location in the far west.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-05-18