RNR 2031 Chapter : Oldys 1910
Document Summary
This journal article stresses the change in wild game abundance in north. America from early colonizing times to its present print date of 1910. The author suggests, and with good reason if not fact, that america has a past of wasteful consumption of resources. He claims that other countries, specifically england, have a higher abundance of game to- date than the u. s. does in sections of equal area. There is however no citation to conclude whether this statement is factual or opinion based on observation. The author starts his argument by discussing the abundance of wild game during the time of the first colonists. He even gives a monetary value for specific species such as turkey, pigeons, and deer and mentions how native americans would participate in the selling and trading of wild game. The article also makes a good note on the abundance of game and the greed of overharvesting by illustrating how the native.
