NATURAL AREAS AND REGIONS 



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Great Plains steppe region. The lower 

 Pecos Valley maj' be reached by way of 

 a branch line from Clovis. 



Rock Island-Southern Pacific 



This line enters the state at Tucum- 

 cari in the high plains region, crosses 

 the Pecos at Santa Rosa, and approaches 

 the isolated White and Sacramento 

 mountains at Carrizozo and Alamo- 

 gordo, respectively. To the west of 

 the railway line and between the moun- 

 tains just mentioned and the San 

 Andreas range, bordering the Rio 

 Grande Valley, lie the Tularosa Plains. 

 Occupying a great part of this basin, 

 which has no drainage outlet, are saline 

 and alkaline marshes and flats, and a 

 great area of about 350 sq. mi. of gypsum 

 dunes. A portion of this area was 

 included in the proposed "All-Year 

 National Park, ' ' which failed of approval 

 because of some very undesirable fea- 

 tures of the bill for its creation. Pro- 

 vision should be made for its preserva- 

 tion without interference with the 



present policy of the National Park 

 System. This ref^'on may be best 

 reached from Alan^ ordo. 



Stinking Lake Bird Reservation 

 {New Mexico) 



10 sq. mi. swamp and lake. Breeding 

 ground for water fowl. 7000 ft. Tierra 

 Amarilla, 20 mi. west, (a) (h) 4 mi. W. 

 (h) El Vado. Should be made State or 

 Federal bird reservation. — A. 0. Weese. 



REFERENCES 



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Baca, T. G. 1917 Report of the 

 Game and Fish Warden of New 

 Mexico, 1915-1916. Santa Fe. 

 Watson, J. R. 1911 A contribution to 

 the study of the ecological distribu- 

 tion of the animal life of north cen- 

 tral New Mexico with especial refer- 

 ence to the insects. Rep. Nat. Res. 

 Survey, N. M., 1: 57-117. 

 1912 Plant geography of north cen- 

 tral New Mexico. Bot. Gaz., 54: 

 194-217. 



S. Forest Service^ 1922 The na- 

 tional forests of New Mexico, Dept. 

 Circular 240. U. S. D. A. 1-21. 



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