TOWNSHIP DESCRIPTIONS. 79 



foothills carried stands chiefly composed of aspen; the mountain areas were clothed 

 with lodgepole pine. 



Reprodv^tion. — The burned-over forest lands are reforesting very slowly, and 

 the young growth is largely cpmposed of aspen at the lower elevations, and of 

 lodgepole pine at the middle and the highest altitudes. In the woodlands aspen 

 is almost the sole component in the young growth. 



'Undergrowth. — Thin and low. 



Litter. — Light. 



Humus. — None. 



Classification of lands in T. 6 8., R. 17 E. 



Acres. 



Forested area - - - 1, 000 



Woodland area 2, 000 



Nontimbered area. - - - 20, 040 



Badly burned 7, 000 



Logged 1, 500 



Agricultural (grazing) - - - 13, 040 



Total stand of timber in T. 6 S., JR. 17 E. 



Mill timber. 



Pole and fuel 

 timber. 



Total volume of 

 all timber. 



Fea B. M. 



Limber pine 



Lodgepole pine 



Yellow pine 



Red fir 



Aspen and cottonwood . 



Total 



80, 000 



80, 000 



Oubicfeel. 



225, 000 



330, 000 



90, 000 



60, 000 



50, 000 



755, 000 



Cubic/eet. 



225, 000 



330,000 



104,400 



60, 000 



50, 000 



769, 400 



Composition of forest and woodland in T. 6 8., R. 17 E., including trees of all species wOh basal diameters 



of S inches and upward. 



Per cent. 



Limber pine 45 



Lodgepole pine 10 



Yellow pine 38 



Bed fir 5 



Aspen and cottonwood 6. 5 



' Township 6 South, Range 18 East. 



This township consists of a rolling tract of country; low swells and ridges 

 alternate with shallow draws and canyons. It contains no forest land. Aspen 



