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Cinnabar Park Range Rotation Area. 

 A senii-pcnnanent fenced area of 160 

 acres in which for several years the 

 develoi)nient of the forage plants by 

 natural rescedin^ has been assisted by 

 careful study of the proper season for 

 grazing. A dry grassy park at 9G00 ft. 

 surrounded by timber. Reached by 

 stage from Albany (C. W. & E. Ry.) 

 to Holmes, where Forest Ranger will 

 furnish accommodations and directions. 



Foxpark Permanent Sample Plots, 

 an area of 5 acres in lodgepole forest on 

 which various methods of cutting were 

 practiced in 1909, one-fourth also being 

 left in virgin condition. Permanently 

 fenced. Presents interesting reproduc- 

 tion study. On outskirts of Foxpark 

 where ranger and fair accommodations 

 may be had. Within a mile are also 

 thinning experiments in lodgepole sap- 

 ling stands. 



Shoshone National Forests {Wyoming) 



The elevation is 7000 to 13,000 ft.; 

 rock formations are granite, limestone 

 and conglomerate. Extensive areas of 

 open grassland, mountain meadows, 

 lodgepole pine, Engelmann spruce, lim- 

 ber pine and Douglas fir forests. 



Common animals are elk, deer, big- 

 horn sheep, pronghorn antelope, moose, 

 bear (grizzly and black), cougar, coyote, 

 lynx, and bobcat. Very large areas are 

 closed to or inaccessible to domestic 

 stock. Practically all points of interest 

 are reached from Cody but a number 

 may be approached from the Yellow- 

 stone National Park, which adjoins on 

 the west. 



Hoodoo State Game Preserve, 120,000 

 acres, used as summer range for deer, 

 elk and bison. Reached from Cody; 

 15 miles auto to Two Dot ranch, thence 

 30 mi. by horse or wagon to Painter 

 Ranch or Sunlight R. S., thence by pack 

 outfit up North Fork Shoshone River. 

 Can also be reached by pack outfit from 

 Cooke, Montana or through Yellow- 

 stone Park. 



Shoshone Game Preserve. 500,000 

 acres of summer and winter range for 

 elk and deer. (Elk Fork is main winter 



elk range.) Accessible from Cody via 

 auto. Good auto road to Wapiti, 

 Canyon Cr. R. S., Wapiti R. S., Holm 

 Lodge and Pahaska Tepee. From these 

 places pack outfit is necessary. Also 

 reached from Cody to Valley by fair auto 

 road and pack outfit from that place. 



Carter Mountain Game Preserve, 

 150,000 acres of summer and winter 

 range for elk, deer, and bighorn sheep. 

 From Cody by auto and pack outfit via 

 Valley, Wyoming, Belknap R. S., South 

 Fork R. S. and Ishawooa. 



U. S. Bird Refuge, 10,000 acres, in- 

 cluding Shoshone Reservoir and a nar- 

 row fringe of shore. Reached from 

 Cody (a) 9 mi. 



Washakie National Forest {Wyoming) 



Two blocks of land east of Continental 

 Divide at headwaters of Popo Agie and 

 Wind Rivers, the latter forming a large 

 basin. 



The prevailing forest type is lodgepole 

 pine, yellow pine being only poorly 

 developed at low elevations, the Douglas 

 fir forest represented by remnants only, 

 while at high elevations are large bodies 

 of spruce almost wholly inaccessible. 

 Very large lodgepole cutting operations 

 on Wind River, using river for transport 

 to the railroad. 



There are no reserves of interest but 

 three trios of sample plots have been 

 established in lodgepole cutting areas, 

 to show effects of thinning. Near 

 Sheridan Creek and Dunoir ranger 

 stations 20 mi. (a) from Dubois, 100 mi. 

 from Riverton, 100 mi. from Lander. 

 Dubois is on Rocky Mt. Highway to 

 southern entrance of Yellowstone. 



Black Hills and Harney National Forests 

 {South Dakota) 



An isolated range of mountains ap- 

 proximately 100 mi. long by 60 mi. 

 wide, rising to 7000 ft., surrounded by 

 semi-arid plains. Intensely interesting 

 geological structure. Within a range 

 of a few miles one may pass from fossil- 

 iferous sedimentary deposits through 

 gypsum, limestone, sandstone, con- 

 glomerate, quartzite, porphyries, 



