TOWNSHIP DESCRIPTIONS. 77 



Cutting. — For domestic use, fuel and fencing, the dead and fallen timber on 

 1,500 acres has been more or less completely removed. 



Burns. — A large tract in the southeast and another in the northwest corner of 

 the township have been burned over and the timber thereon entirely destroj-^ed. 



Reproduction. — The sapling stands of lodgepole and aspen at the lower eleva- 

 tions are fully stocked, and any further seedling growth there is impossible. The 

 burned-over areas are not reforesting, or but very scantily. In the subalpine stands 

 young growth is sparse. 



Undergrowth. — In the forested areas there is very little .underbrush. On the 

 burns Ceanoth'us and other shrubs are springing up profusely. 



Litt&f. — Light. 



Humus. — None. 



Classification of lands in T. 6 S., R. 16 E. 



Acres. 

 Forested (sapling stands, 9,000 acres) 13, 040 



Nonf orested 10, 000 



Badly burned 3, 000 



Logged None. 



Agricultural None. 



Grazing 2, 000 



Bare rocks 5, 000 



Total stand of timber in T. 6 S., E. 16 E. 



Species. 



Mill timber. 



Pole and fuel 

 timber. 



Total volume of 

 all timber. 



Lodgepole pine 



White-bark pine. - - 



Subalpine fir 



Engelmann spruce . 



Total 



Feet B. M. 

 2, 500, 000 



1, 200, 000 



Cubic/eet. 

 8, 000, 000 

 500, 000 

 2, 300, 000 

 1, 000, 000 



Cvbicfeet. 



3,450,000 



500, 000 



2, 300, 000 



1,216,000 



3, 700, 000 



6, 800, 000 



7,466,000 



Composition of forest in T. 6 S., E. 16 E., including trees of all species with basal diameters of 3 inches and 



upward. 



Per cent. 

 Lodgepole pine 62 



White-bark pine. 8 



Subalpine flr 14 



Engelmann spruce 14 



Aspen and cottonwood 2 



