Because of the many gulches and canyons occurring 
along the boundary line of the Reserve, together with 
the rough and rolling country throughout the timbered 
portion of the range, it will be extremely difficult and 
expensive to enclose the Reserve. 
There are a number of places of considerable extent, 
particularly through the timbered tracts in the east, 
west and north, where it will be impossible to stretch the 
regular Page animal fence. The common barbed wire 
fence must be used here. 
There are a number of gulleys and canyons from 
50 to 250 feet deep where a fence could be brought up 
to the edge of a perpendicular cliff, and continued from 
the cliff’s base in the creek bed. In other places the 
fence would have to be zig-zagged down the side of the 
ravines and up the opposite side. 
In crossing Wind Cave and Cold Creek canyons on 
the east and south there will be trouble from washouts 
after every freshet. The flood trash will catch on the 
fence and carry it away. All of these creeks head in 
or just outside of the Reserve, and none is more than 
three miles long. 
After the flood trash that is now lodged against 
the brush and rocks has been burned, which will take 
three men about a week to accomplish, there will be 
little trouble from this source. 
It will, however, be necessary to stretch a barrier 
or second fence across the main creeks, in order to catch 
the bulk of the flood trash and relieve the fence proper. 
Through the pine timber the line can be run irreg- 
ularly and fastened to the trees which are large and 
straight, posts being set occasionally. 
For several reasons I did not attempt to mark out 
a permanent boundary line for the Reserve. No blazing 
or cutting of timber is allowed in the Park. 
The uncertainty of acquiring the outside land needed 
made it impossible to mark out a definite line. Again, 
the cost of a surveyor, labor for cutting, hauling and 
setting posts would have exceeded the amount allowed me. 
It will take a tenth of the time and money to send 
a man out a few weeks in advance of the fencing crew 
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