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the evanescent pools still standing in 

 May from the melted snows of April 

 swarm with all sorts of invertebrates. 

 There are various tiny turbellarians, 

 some of which are filled with Zoochlorel- 

 lae. Especially abundant are the small 

 Crustacea ns. including Branchipus, 

 Lepidurus, Estheria, and countless 

 daphnids. Some of the pools are tinged 

 red by myriads of Canthocamptus sp. 

 and by the huge Diaptomus shoshone. 

 Forest reserves and game sanctuaries 

 have been set aside to a fairly satisfying 

 extent. These regions are almost un- 

 touched by civilization, except in the 

 form of local forest fires. They cannot 

 be advantageously studied without a full 

 camp equipment. They are, naturally, 

 located on land ill-suited to agriculture 

 in regions of hills or of marshes or both, 

 and all of them have abundant supplies 

 of water in the form of sloughs or lakes. 

 (For information regarding animals of 

 the northern part of the province see 

 index account of Mackenzie Watershed 

 page 116, and Seton's Life Histories of 

 Northern Animals (Scribner's).) 



NATURAL AREAS 



The Forest Reserves 



The Dominion Government has set 

 aside in Saskatchewan, Forest Reserves 

 totalling in area some 9000 sq. mi. 

 In the following descriptions, the areas 

 are only approximately estimated in 

 most cases. Two parallel lines, thus ||, 

 indicate "camp outfit necessary." 



*Cypress Hills, No. 1. (A4, 1.) 54 

 sq. mi. (Described with *Cypress Hills, 

 No. 2. 3200-3700 ft.) 



Maple Creeki, on the C. P. R., with 

 Post Office, stores, is 25 mi. (a). 



Cypress Hills, No. 2. (A4.) 18 sq. 

 mi. The two Cypress Hills Reserves 

 are rather- inaccessible, being in the arid 

 sandhills of southwestern Sask. Lodge- 

 pole pine, white spruce, birch, aspen, 

 black poplars make up the forest. 

 Small cacti occur. Antelope, cougar, 

 elk, lynx, and timber wolves are found, 

 though not abundantly. The first two 

 named, are found nowhere else in the 



Province save in this corner. Hawks, 

 coyote, beaver, ground-squirrel, badger, 

 rabbit, prairie chicken, and water- 

 fowl are common. 3200-3700 ft. 



Maple CreekJ, on the C. P. R., with 

 Post Office, stores, is 15 mi. (a). 



*Moose Mountain. (B2.) 156 sq. mi. 

 Poplars, willows, birch, box elders and 

 ash are the principal trees. Hawks, 

 weasel, coyote, beaver, owls, and water- 

 fowl, are the chief animals. Large 

 game are rare. 2000 ft. 



Carlylel, on the C. P. R., with Post 

 Office, stores, is 12 mi. (a). 



*Beaver Hills. (B2.) ** 99 sq. mi. 

 Poplars and willows are the chief trees. 

 Large game are rare. "Moose Mountain 

 and Beaver Hills are two small Reserves 

 with much slough land. . . . Both 

 have the usual history stripped of 

 timber and overrun by fire, and now 

 carrying a reproduction of poplar, 

 mostly immature." (1915 Report of 

 Canadian Commission of Conservation) 

 1800 ft. 



Itunat, on the G. T. P., with Post 

 Office and stores, is 6 miles (a). 



*Elbow. (B2.) 115 sq. mi. In two 

 parts, one along the west shore of the 

 South Saskatchewan River at the 

 "Elbow;" the other among the head 

 waters of the Qu'Appelle River, ten 

 miles further east. 1800 ft. 



ElbowJ, on the C. P. R., with Post 

 Office and stores, is two mi. (a). 



*Dundurn. (B2.) 63 sq. mi. Sandy 

 soil, drifting in some localities. 1750 ft. 



DundurnJ, on the C. N. R., with Post 

 Office and stores, is 5 mi. (a). 



*Duck Mountain, No. 2. (B2.) 81 

 sq. mi. A rolling country on the eastern 

 boundary line of the Province. Jack 

 pine, tamarack, balsam fir, black spruce, 

 white spruce, aspen, balsam poplar, 

 and birch are common. Skunk, coyote, 

 weasel, muskrat, beaver, ground-squir- 

 rel, moose, deer, and bear, are charac- 

 teristic of the fauna. 1400-2500 ft. 



Kamsacki, on the C. N. R., with Post 

 Office and stores, is 8 mi. (a). 



Porcupine, No. 2. (A4.) 3220 sq. 

 mi. This is another large area of waste 

 land, very similar to that of the Duck 



