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Agricultural adaptahility, —^one of the lands are tillable. They are too stony 

 and are situated at too high altitudes to be available for agriculture. 



Grazing capacity.— The tracts which lie above timber line have a small grazing 

 value. They are inaccessible except to sheep. 



DraiTiage conditions. — The tract sheds a large volume of water, owing to its 

 extensive areas of alpine and subalpine country. Springs, marshy tracts, and 

 rivulets are numerous throughout. 



Snow and rocJc slides. — In the central areas avalanches of snow and rock are of 

 frequent occurrence. In other parts they are uncommon, or are altogether absent. 



Towns and settletnents. — The township is not inhabited. 



Forest conditions. — The central areas, lying mostly above timber line, contain 

 no forest. In the eastern areas stands of the subalpine type, well stocked, form 

 most of the timber on the slopes, while lodgepole pine, 100 to 175 year3 old, mixed 

 with a small proportion of spruce and subalpine fir, cover the bottoms of canyons 

 where not too rocky for timber growth. In the western areas the stands are wholly 

 of the subalpine type, spruce being the leading species. 



•Gutting. — None of the tract has been cut over. 



Burns. — None. 



Reproduction. — Scanty in the forest of the pure subalpine type. Young growth 

 in the lodgepole pine stands at the lower elevations is of moderate volume, sufficient 

 to maintain a full stocking of the forest. Most of the young growth consists of 

 spruce; the lodgepole pine, which represents reforestation after ancient fires, is 

 evidently giving way to that species. 



Undei^growth. — Huckleberry bushes and honeysuckle form most of the brush 

 growth at lower altitudes. In the subalpine stands underbrush is scanty. 



Litter. — The lodgepole pine stands are littered with large quantities of dead and 

 fallen timber, killed by crowding. The subalpine stands contain little dead timber. 



Humus. — A thin layer of moss and pine needles forms the humus in the 

 lodgepole-pine forest. The subalpine stands have no humus cover. 



Classificalion of lands in T. 6 S., R. 11 E. 



Acres. 

 Forested 10, 000 



Nonforested 13, 040 



Badly burned _ None. 



Logged None. 



Agricultural None. 



Grazing 8, 000 



Bare rocks 5 040 



