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ABSAROKA DIVISION OF YELLOWSTONE FOREST BESEEVE. 



Snow and rook slides. — Favored by thee steep slopes, precipices, and unstable 

 conditions of the talus slopes, snowslides and rock slips are of frequent occurrence. 



Towns and settlements. — The township is uninhabited. 



Forest conditions. — ^The high elevation of the region is prohibitive to an exten- 

 sive development of the forest. Most of the tract is situated above timber line. 

 The forest is largely of the pure subalpine type, scattered thinly over the slopes, 

 growing in small copses in the hollows among outjutting ledges, and forming more 

 or less continuous stands in the bottoms of the larger canyons. The heaviest 

 stands of timber in the township occur in the main canyqns of West Boulder River 

 and on the slopes facing Yellowstone Valley. They are composed of lodgepole 

 pine and Engelmann spruce, and in the southwest corner of the township are chiefly 

 made up of sapling stands. Small tracts fronting on Yellowstone Valley are 

 accessible for logging operations; most parts can not be reached. ^ 



Cutting. — None. 



Bums. — In the aggregate, 450 acres in the western areas. 



Reproduction. — Scanty in the subalpine forest; abundant on the western areas, 

 where the lodgepole pine predominates in all the young growth. 



Undergrowth. — Willows, alders, and mountain ash along the streams. The sub- 

 alpine forest has little brush growth. 



Litter. — Abundant in the western areas and consisting of dead and down timber. 



Humus. — Thin cover of moss on northern slopes. 



Classificaiion of lands in T. 5 S., R. 10 E. 



« Acres. 



Forested : 8,000 



Nonforested , .15,040 



Badly burned 450 



Logged None. 



Agricultural None. 



Grazing None. 



Bare rocks and alpine '. 14, 590 



Total stand of timber in T. 5 8., R. 10 E. 



Species. 



Mffl timber. 



Pole and fuel 

 timber. 



Total volume of 

 all timber. 



Lodgepole pine — 

 White-bark pine . . . 



White pine 



Red fir 



Subalpine fir 



Engelmann spruce . 



Total 



FeelB.M.. 

 3, 000, 000 



50, 000 

 1, 200, 000 



2, 500, 000 



6, 750, 000 



4, 000, 000 

 500, 000 



400, 000 



900, 000 



2, 000, 000 



7, 800, 000 



Oubic feet. 



4, 540, 000 



500,000 



• 9, 000 



616, 000 



900, 000 



2, 450, 000 



9, 015, 000 



