Madison Grant Forest and Elk Refuge

Dedicated to the Memory of Madison Grant

Conservationist, author, anthropologist, a founder of the Save-the-Redwoods League.

This area of 1600 acres, habitat of the last surviving herd in California of Roosevelt Elk is established as a memorial by

· De Forest Grant

· John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

· Archer M. Huntington

· New York Zoological Society

· Boone and Crockett Club

· National Audubon Society

· American Wildlife Foundation

· Save-the-Redwoods League

· California State Park Commission

1948

Marker is on Newton B. Drury Scenic Parkway, on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Credits and Sources:

HMDB