NATURAL AREAS AND REGIONS 



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central part by pack-horse**; 25 mi. 

 S.W. from (a) (h) Cody, Park County, 

 Wyo. 



*Hoodoo State Game Preserve. (A2; 

 A3; B2; B3; C3.) 200,000 acres. Part 

 of the Shoshone National Forest, east of 

 the Yellowstone National Park and 

 north of the Absaraka Divide. Moun- 

 tain coniferous forest, some ranges and 

 peaks above timber line; meadows, 

 parks; headwaters of N. fork Shoshone 

 and Lamar Rivers. Rolling to rough, 

 rocky, precipitous situations. Chiefly 

 pine and spruce forests (Canadian Zone), 

 but alpine region (Arctic-Alpine Zone) 

 well represented. Altitude, 7000 to 

 12,000 ft. 



Codyt, 50 (?) mi. N.W.; north edge 

 accessible by auto from Cody, the near- 

 est P. O.; wagon, or pack-horse**. 

 Park County, Wyo. 



*Carter Mountain State Game Preserve. 

 (A3; B2; B3; C3.) 150,000 acres. Part 

 of the Shoshone National Forest, located 

 east and southeast of the Shoshone State 

 Game Preserve. Mountain coniferous 

 forest, sagebrush, steppe and grassland ; 

 bordered by South fork of Shoshone 

 River and includes all of the watershed 

 of Boulder Creek and part of the water- 

 shed of the Grey Bull River. Rolling, 

 hilly, mountainous. Chiefly pine and 

 spruce forests (Canadian Zone), bor- 

 dered in part by grassland and sagebrush 

 (Transition Zone) part of the area ex- 

 tends some distance above timber line. 

 6000 to 11,000 ft. 



Codyt; 20 to 60 mi. N.E.; 20 mi. 

 to nearest P. O., (a) (h) Ishawooa, or 

 40 mi. to (a) (h) Valley, S.W. of 

 Cody. Most of area**. Park County, 

 Wyo. 



*Popo Agie State Game Preserve. 

 (A3; B2; B3; C3.) 375,000 acres. In- 

 clude the southern end of the Washakie 

 National Forest and a small part of the 

 south end of the Bridger National 

 Forest. Embraces the southern end 

 of the Wind River Mountain Range; 

 watersheds of Popo Agie and Sweetwater 

 rivers and of the east fork of Green 

 River. Mountain conifer forest, with 



frequent open slopes, bordered by dry 

 rolling steppe and arid sage-brush plain; 

 nearly one-third is subalpine coniferous 

 forest (Hudsonian) or alpine meadow 

 (Arctic-Alpine Zone), the remainder is 

 pine and spruce forest (Canadian). 

 6500 to 12,500 ft. 



LanderJ is 15 to 30 mi. N.E.; for most 

 of area**, nearest P. O. is (a) (h) Lander; 

 for S.E. section, Atlantic City, 30 mi., 

 S. of Lander. 



*Big Horn State Game Preserve. (A2; 

 B2; B3; C3.) About 900,000 acres. 

 Comprises the whole of the Big Horn 

 National Forest, except a strip 4 mi. 

 wide along the eastern border, and a 

 strip 3 mi. wide on the western border 

 from the Montana line to a point 14 mi. 

 north of the 13th standard parallel. 

 Mountain coniferous forest, rugged 

 hills, open, sage-brush or grassy, slopes. 

 Headwaters of Little Big Horn River 

 and of numerous small streams emptying 

 into Bighorn, Powder and Tongue 

 Rivers. Traversed by the Big Horn 

 Mountains, chiefly in pine-spruce forest 

 belt; crest of range largely in subalpine 

 belt, but considerable area toward 

 southern end above timber line. 6500 

 to 13,000 ft. 



Eastern slope reached best from 

 Sheridan! (20 mi.) or Buffalo^ (15 mi.); 

 western slope reached from Worlandt 

 (35 mi.), Manderson (30 mi.), Greybullf 

 (30 mi.), or Kane (18 mi.). Nearest 

 postoffice, Eaton's Ranch, Buffalo, Ten- 

 sleep, Hyattsville, Shell and Kane. 

 Worland-Buffalo road crosses southern 

 end. Remote regions accessible only 

 by pack-horse**. In Sheridan, Johnson, 

 Big Horn and Washakie counties, Wyo. 



*Days River State Game Preserve. 

 (A2; C3.) An irregular tract including 

 80,000 acres or more; bounded by the 

 Snake River, by the boundary between 

 the Teton and Wyoming National 

 Forests, by the Little John Days and 

 John Days rivers, and by the western 

 boundary of the Wyoming National 

 Forest. All within the Wyoming 

 National Forest. Mountain coniferous 

 forest, sagebrush, grassland; includes 



