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ABSAROKA DIVISION OP YELLOWSTONE FOREST RESERVE. 



Gulch is small and intermittent. None of the streams supply water for irrigation 

 purposes. 



Snow and rock slides. — Frequent in Hell Roaring Canyon. 



Tmons and settlements. — Miners' cabins along Crevice Gulch; no towns. 



Forest conditions. — The western portion of the township is well stocked with 

 close-set lodgepolcTpine stands 75 to 150 years old, except the lower areas of 

 Crevice Gulch, where young or middle-aged red-fir stands predominate. The forest 

 in Hell Roaring Canyon consists of red fir, with stands of nearly pure-growth 

 lodgepole pine 75 to 90 years old, these lodgepole-pine stands' representing burns' 

 of that age. The red fir is of small dimensions, limby and stocky, 16 to 24 inches 

 in diameter, 50 to 75 feet in height. Engelmann spruce occurs in small quantities 

 throughout. Close-set aspen groves caver most of the swampy and springy tracts 

 in Hell Roaring Canyon. 



Cutting. — Small quantities in Crevice Gulch for local use. 



Bums.- — Small burns, aggregating 200 acres, occur in the northeast corner of 

 the township on the slopes of Hell Roaring Canyon. 



Repi'oduction. — Sufficient to maintain the present density and composition of 

 the forest. 



Undergrowth..— %[asi!^ in quantity, consisting of the common low-growing 

 shrubs of the region, chiefTy huckleberry and Shepherdia. 



Litter.; — Moderate, consisting of dead and fallen timber. 



Humus. — A thin layer of decaying pine needles. 



Acres, 



Clasdficalion of lands in T. 9 S., R. 10 E. 



Forested..: 13,240 



Nonforested .• 2, 120 



Badly burned 200 



togged , None. 



Agricultural ■. , None. 



Grazing , . . ; , None! 



Bare rocks .' '. . l, 920 



Total stand of timber in T. 9 S., R. 10 E. 



Species. 



Lodgepole pine 



White-bark pine 



Red fir :. 



Subalpine fir 



Engelmann spruce 



Aspen and Cottonwood . 



"total 



Mill timber. 



I'eet B. M. 

 12, 000, 000 

 1, 000, 000 

 30, 000, 000 



3, 500, 000 



46, 500, 000 



Pole and fuel 

 timber. 



Oubicjeet. 



26, OOO.-OOO 

 1, 000, 000 

 8, 000, 000 

 1, 300, 000 

 1,500,000 

 450, 000 



38,250,000 



Total volume of 

 •all timber. 



Oubicjeet. 



28, 160, 000 



1, 180, 000 



13, 400, 000 



1, 300, 000 



2, 130, 000 



450, 000 



46, 620, 000 



