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AB8AR0KA DIVISION OF YELLOWSTONE FOEEST EESEEVE. 



are inyariably covered with a dense matting of willows wherever sheep have not 

 destroyed the growth by browsing and trampling. 



Litter. — None. 



Mv/mus. — None. 



Clasgijvcaium of lands in T. 9 S., R. 18 E. 



Acres. 



Forested 1,800 



Nonforested 21,240 



Badly burned None. 



Logged None. 



Agricultural None. 



Grazing..' ; 17,500 



Barerocks ' 3,000 



Lakelets and tarns 740 



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



Mill timber. 



Pole and fuel 

 timber. 



-Total volume of 

 all timber. 



'.B.M. 



White-bark pine. . . 



Subalpine fir 



Engelmann spruce . 



Total...:.... 



1, 000, 000 



Cubic feet. 

 650, 000 

 200, 000 

 550, 000 



OiMcfeet. 

 650, 000 

 200, 000 

 730,000 



1, 000, 000 



1,400,000 



1, 580, 000 



Composition of forest in T. 9 8., R. 18 E., inclvMng trees of all species with basal diameters of 3 inches and 



upward. 



Per cent. 

 White-bark pine 15 



Subalpine fir : : 25 



Engelmann spruce 60 



_^ Township 9 Sottth, Range 19 East. 



Topography. — The township consists of a plateau-like area — a portion of 



Bear tooth Plateau — varying in altitude from 10,000 to 11,000 feet. The surface is 



rolling and intersected with low combs, ridges, and shallow canyons, the latter of 



' which develop immense rocky gorges along the east and west lines of the township. 



Mining.— l^one. 



Soil. — Gravelly loam, the surface stony and bowlder strewn. 



Agricultural adaptability. — Owing to the high altitude of all portions of the 

 district none are cultivable. 



Orazvng capacity. -^IVith. the exception of 3,000 acres the township consists of 

 open land, covered with alpine grasses and sedges. The tract has been excessively 

 sheeped during periods covering many years up to the past summer of 1903, and the 

 better part of the herbage has been eaten and trampled out. 



