NATURAL ARKAS AND IlIOCilONS 



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River, Pathfinder Bird Reservation \v:i3 

 located here, favorable to ncstinR and mi- 

 gratory birds. ShoiiKl be re-establislie.l. 



Principal stations accessible on C. it 

 X. W. R. R. are Caspor|, Powder Riverjl, 

 Shoshonil, and Rivertonf. Rawlinst 

 on U. P. R. R., 22 mi. S. Auto roads 

 traverse in part, Casper to Riverton, 

 Rawlins to Casper, Rawlins to Riverton; 

 (a) and (h), camp outfit necessary for 

 remote regions. Fremont, Natrona, 

 Carbon and Sweetwater counties, Wyo. 



*Big Horn Hot Springs State Preserve. 

 (B3; B4.) 6-10 acres. Located just 

 east and adjoining the town of Thermo])- 

 olis and includes the Big Horn Hot 

 Springs. Under complete control of the 

 State Board of Charities and Reforms. 

 Free bath house and free camping 

 grounds maintained by the state on the 

 Preserve. A part of the water is leased 

 or rented to private bath houses. Good 

 hotels, apartment houses, amusement 

 parks, swimming pools, tennis courts, 

 and dance pavilions are on the grounds. 

 Tourists find this an almost ideal stop- 

 ping point on the Yellowstone Highwa}\ 

 The town of (w) Thermopolis+ also main- 

 tains a free camping site. For further 

 information address Sui)erintendent, Big 

 Horn Hot Springs Preserve, Hot Springs, 

 County, Wyo. 



^Saratoga Hot Springs Preserve. (B4; 

 C3.) 420 acres, more or less. A tract 

 containing hot medicinal and mineral 

 springs recently purchased by the State 

 of Wyoming and "forever set aside for 

 the treatment and care of diseases and 

 for sanitary, charitable, and such other 

 purposes as shall be from time to time 

 determined by the Board" (of Charities 

 and Reforms). 



Near (w) SaratogaJ, located on the 

 Saratoga and Encampment R. R., 

 Carbon County, Wyo. 



El'c Refuge. An area of 2760 acres in 

 Teton Co. Protects elk in winter, ducks 

 and sage grouse. Fstablished 1915. 



Flat Creek Refuge. An area of 40 

 acres established in 1922 for proteclion 

 of waterfowl. 



Five additional State Refuges have 

 been created in recent years. 



6. MONTANA 

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I. QKN'EBAL COVDITION8 



The state of Montana includcM ap- 

 proximately 117,(XK) M(). mi. It may Iks 

 • livided into three ' *!io 



western or mount:i; t- 



ern or plains area, continuous with the 

 Dakotas; and the central and much 

 lirokcn .section, containing many small 

 mountain ranges, connecting tlie plainH 

 region with the main range of the Rocky 

 Mountains. 



Tiic western part, approximately one- 

 third of the area, contains the most of 

 the forested portion. The eastern part 

 is i)rairie, except for narro ' '* ' ng 

 the water courses, and occ dl 



areas of scattered coniferous trees in 

 the highlands. No hardwoods occur 

 except a few scattered scrub oak (Qucr- 

 cus macrocarpa) along the Missouri 

 near the Dakota line. Small ;ish trees 

 occur quite generally along the streams 

 flowing toward the tributaries of the 

 Missouri. The extensive forests are 

 coniferous, with occasional stands of 

 Cottonwood, aspen and alder. 



The higher summits aro in the section 

 adjacent to the Yellowstone National 

 Park. A few summits northward rise 

 slightly above 10,000 ft.; many reach 

 9000, and hundreds rise 8000 ft. Snow 

 banks and glaciers continue from year 

 to year in the higher ranges tl " ut 



the state. Glacier National 1 . n- 



tains the largest number in a rather 

 limited area, many of comparatively 

 easy access. Summits are numerous 

 but generally of small extent. There 

 are exposed, treeless, and generally dry 

 and comparatively lifeless mountain 

 faces and broken talus, sloj-tcs. 



Inchuled in tlie state's large aren arc 

 rivers and creeks both turbulent in the 

 west ami slower and ni ' ' 

 There are few lakes on :..■. , 

 Medicine Lake in the extreme 

 is little but a niarsh. Bo 

 Pliiili|)s county in the ' i 



shallow depression in ■ . t- 



