discussions with U.S. Forest Service personnel). He also indicated 

 that much of the range receives high cattle use. Observations during 

 October 1987 showed high cattle use on the south side of Beel Hill, 

 with moderate to light use in other areas. A review of OEA Research 

 (1981) date indicates a wider range of condition on the permit area, 

 from fair to excellent. 



The south half of the permit area receives very little livestock use as 

 it is primarily forested, with low production of palatable understory. 



Primary range sites include silty and shallow, 15 to 19-inch 

 precipitation zone. These range sites are dominated by habitat types 

 in the rough fescue and Idaho fescue series. 



Timber Resource 



The permit area north of German Gulch is primarily grassland, with open 

 stands of Douglas-fir forest on steeper, drier aspects and lodgepole 

 pine and subalpine fir at higher elevations or on cooler, moister 

 sites. South of German Gulch (primarily north aspects), the permit 

 area is dominated by extensive serai stands of lodgepole pine. 

 Subalpine fir and Engelmann spruce generally occur in these stands, 

 with spruce more abundant in drainage bottoms end on concave sites. 



Tree density varies by habitat type (Table 6). Drier habitat types 

 (Pse men/Cel rub, Abi les/Cer gey end Abi las/Cel rub) have lower 



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