TOWNSHIP DES0EIPTION8. , , 125 



Drainage capacity. — Only a very small outflow originates in the township. 

 Springs, places of seepage, and one or two tarns occur on the summit of the plateau. 



Snow and roch sZz'dZes. ^Apparently infrequent. 



Tovms cm,d settlements. — ^The township is not inhabited. 



Forest conditions. — The forest is limited to a few small stands of subalpine type 

 occurring in the southern areas of the district. It is inaccessible except for local 

 use, and has chiefly a fuel value. 



Cutting. — None. 



Burns. — A small tract comprising 100 acres has been burned over. 



Reproduction. — Reproduction is exceedingly scanty. Apparently the forest 

 occupies less ground now than in former times, owing probably to repeated burnings 

 of the grassy tracts and destruction of the forest fringing them, and subsequent lack 

 of reforestation. 



Undergrowth,. — Chiefly low-growing willows. 



Litter. — Very light. 



BumMS. — None. 



Classification of lands in T. 9 8., R. 19 E. 



Acres. 



Forested 2,500 



Nonf created 20, 540 



Badly burned 100 



Logged None. 



Agricultural None. 



Grazing 20,000 



Bare rocks 440 



Total stand of timber in T. 9 S., R. 19 E. 



Lodgepole pine 



White-bark pine . . . 



Subalpine flr 



Engelmann spruce . 



Total 



Species. 



Mill timber. 



Fea,B. M. 



2, 000, 000 



2, 000, 000 



Pole and fuel 

 timber. 



^QuMcfeet. 



200, 000 



350, 000 



800, 000 



1, 000, 000 



2, 350, 000 



Total volume of 

 all timber. 



Oubicfeet. 



200, 000 



350, 000 



800, 000 



1, 360, 000 



2, 710, 000 



Composition of forest in T. 9 S., R. 19 E., including trees of all species with basal diameters of 3 inches and 



upward. 



Per cent. 

 Lodgepole pine 4 



White-bark pine 26 



Subalpine flr 40 



Engelmann spruce 30 



