reproduction follov/ed cuttings of 14 to 16 years ago. In both 

 cases the v/orl: of souirrels is evident in the frequent occurrence 

 of 5 to 12 seedlings coming from single spots where cones had 

 "been buried. However, tho squirrels can he.rd.ly "be given credit 

 for such \7holesale seeding as is found on Ransac!-, since the 

 Rr.nsach area is more evenly covered vith 3 r oung growth than 

 the cutover land of Grouse plat. This difference is attributed 

 to Letter general moisture conditions on the gentle north slopes 

 of Ransacr.. Grouse Plat is rather dry and has little north e:-:- 

 posure. The seedlings are in ^rou'^s at the .~lat, mc.ny of the 

 groups evidently c^miH;]; froni old squirrel caches located in 

 dor.Ti tree tops. It is herd to "believe the. t the small areas of 

 Rausaclc Creek ejid G-rouse Hat T7ere favored with an unusually 

 cod seed year v/hile the lar^e adjoining country had "barren trees. 

 It is reas enable to suppose the* t uninoTm soil coirclitions in the 

 Ransacli; re-gion v/ere exactly favorable to rep reduction and that 

 those conditions T/ere strictly local. 



In the unsized stands of little Ditch CreeL, above the 

 sav/aill, small iirs are much more numerous and healthy tlian the 

 pines, the shade being- too dense for the latter species. 

 OUT-OVER. 



Cuttings seem to be almost invariably follo\7ed by 

 ic.ir to excellent pine reproduction. The most striking in- 

 stances of reproduction following old slashings are found on 

 Grouse Plat, parts of Ditch Creel:, and Sawmill Gulch. In the 

 lirst two cc,ses the trees are most ab undant on rolling land, 



