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/./'//... 'I'hc no] them part of Idaho i- w.-ll timbered, 

 tin 1 amount and den-i(\ of tin 1 fore-t diminishing -"iilli 

 Wiinl. o thai in tin- Salmon Ki\.i Mount. tin. tli.TOUJ 

 not linn It timU-r. while tin- great lava plat. -an <><. 

 ing tin- southern |mrt of the -.tali- i- entiirh devoid of 

 anything liin/rr than ageliriish. Tin' timl>er . ..nsuita 

 entiivh of emiifei-s. and mainly of western yellow |iin'. 

 western white pine, iiiul red fir. with a little cedar. 

 Four-fifth- of the .-lit in the .-ensu- year eonsjsted of 

 yellow pine. 



The area of woodland is estimated at 85,000 square 

 inil-. or -J-J |>er cent of the area of th> Mm-hof 



this land, however, has been hnrned over, causing the 

 partial or complete di-tnu-tion of the timber, and is 

 now f.i\en-d with young growth. 



Within the state the t'nited States ban reserved an 

 area of 6.164 square miles, estimated to contain 6,800 

 million foot of tiiiiKer. 



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TIMBER OWNED AND CUT, BY SPECIES, AND AVERA- I 

 STAND. 



Colorado. The timber of Colorado is found only in 

 the mountainous portions of the state, the plains in the 

 east and the plateaus in tho west (M-ing almost entirely 

 destitute of tree growth. The timler of merchantable 

 character con-i-t- entirely of conifers, and largely, if 

 not mainly, of yellow pine. Nearly three-fourths of 

 the cut during the census year consisted of that species. 



The wooded area of the state is estimated to comprise 

 83,500 square miles, or 32 per cent of its total area. 



The United States has reserved areas amounting to 

 4,849 square miles, or nearly one-seventh of the wooded 

 area of the state. These reserves, however, contain 

 t'ut little merchantable timber, as they had been cut 

 and burned very exhaustively before being reserved. 

 They are of value principally for the protection of 

 future crops. 



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II 't/oiii !H<J. The tinilM-r f thi> .-.late is confined 

 mainly to the Yellowstone Turk with the mountains 

 east and south them>f, the Big Mom .Mountain, in tin- 

 north, ami the Medicine How Mountain-, in the >outh- 

 east. It consists, so far as mcrclmntnMc -JH-. i.-s are 

 concerned, almost entirely of yellow j>ine. 



The wooded land covers an area c(inmtcd at 13,500 

 square niil.->. or 18 per cent of tho an>a of the Mat.-. 

 Of this the United States has reserved an area amount- 

 ing altogether to . r >.ii<>7 square miles, and an area in Yel- 

 lowstone National Park of aUmt :!.-''"<> st|iiure mil. -. 

 making altogether a reservation of more than two-thirds 

 of the estimated wooded area of the state. 



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TIMBER OWNED AND CUT. BY SPECIES, AND AM HA.K 

 STAND. 



Utah. Merchantable timber in Utah is found mainly 

 in the Uinta Mountains in the northeastern part of the 

 state, and upon the high plateau- in the southern part. 

 The Wasatch Range, which traverses the middle <>f tin- 

 state from north to south, contains very little, if any, 

 timber oi merchantable quality. 



The wooded area is estimated at 10,000 square miles, 

 or 13 percent of the area of the state. Of this the 

 United States has reserved, mainly in the I'inta Moun- 

 tains, an area of 1.606 square miles. 



The amount of timber owned by lumber companies, 

 and the amount reported as cut in the census year are 

 very small. 



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