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Also, it is proposed to run level lines and set tbe bench marks needed for commence- 

 ment of topographic surveys next season. Amount allotted, $9,700. 



LEWIS AND CLARK AND FLATHEAD RESERVES, MONTANA. 



It is proposed to measure abase line at Helena, connecting with the astronomical 

 station at that place, and to extend triangulation northwestward over the Lewis 

 and Clark and Flathead reserves. Amount allotted, $11,000. 



For convenience of supervision, Mr. R. U. Goodc, chief of the Pacific Section of 

 Topography, will take charge of the survey of the following areas : 



BITTBKROOT RESERVE. 



Practically no survey work has yet been done in this reserve. It is proposed to 

 locate an initial point astronomically, measure a base line and extend triangulation 

 into it. It is further proposed to commence topographic work, including leveling, 

 and to run township lines and segregate agricultural areas, and to complete the 

 survey of the eastern portion of the reserve this season. All these classes of work 

 will be continued as far as the seaspn will permit. Amount allotted, $21,000. 



PRIEST RIVER RESERVE. 



As no surveys of any kind have been made in this area, it will be necessary to 

 extend township lines over it and to accompany these lines with lines of level. It 

 will not be possible the present season to extend triangulation over it or to com- 

 mence topographic mapping. Amount allotted, $12,000. 



WASHIXGTON RESERVE. 



This is a very heavily forested area, the survey of which will be costly and slow. 

 It is proposed to start with the known mineral and agricultural areas, and, as far as 

 possible, provide a basis for the subsequent survey of other portions of the reserve. 

 The work of running township lines within the reserve will be commenced and car- 

 ried as far as the season will permit, and to carry triangulation forward from the 

 Ellensburg base. Amount allotted, $26,000. 



SAN JACINTO OR SAN BERNARDINO RESERVE, CALIFORNIA. 



It is proposed to have the surveyors who are driven from the northern reserves by 

 cold weather and snow proceed to t^is reserve and survey as much of it as possible, 

 owing to its great value to the irrigation interests of southern California. Amount 

 allotted, $10,000. 



FORESTRY SORVEY. 



/^"This work will be in charge of Mr. Henry Gannett, geographer. For the examina- 

 tion of the forests a number of experts will be employed, and to each will be 

 assigned an area consisting of a single reserve, or more than one in the case of small 

 reserves. It will be the duty of these experts, with the aid of the topographic 

 maps, to study the distribution of forests and woodland, the size and density of the 

 timber, and the distribution of the leading economic species ; in short, to obtain an 

 estimate of the economic value of the forests. They should, moreover, examine and 

 report upon the ravages of forest fires and the amount of damage inflicted by them, 

 the amount of dead timber, the extent to which forests are pastured, and the eifect 

 of this upon the forests, and the extent of the timber already cut. 



One such expert will be assigned to an examination of the forests of the Black 

 Hills, a preliminary map of which has been jirepared by the Geological Survey. 



A second will be assigned to the Big Horn Reserve, a part of which has already 

 been surveyed by the Geological Survey, while the survey of the remainder will 

 probably be completed during the coming year. 



A third will be assigned to the Teton, 'iX'yomiug, Reserve, and the Uinta, Utah, 

 Reserve, maps of which, believed to be approximately adequate for a recoiinoissance 

 survey, have been prepared by the Hayden, Powell, and King surveys. 



■A fourth expert will be assigned to the Priest River Reserve and the eastern por- 

 tion of the Bitter Root Reserve. By accompanying thesurveyor engaged in runuiuo- 

 township lines, it is believed that he will be able to report upon these areas. " 



If the funds will allow, it is also proposed to employ one or two additional experts 

 for the purpose of making a reoonnoissanoe survey of the Washington Reserve. 



The surveyors and forestry experts will not be limited in the scope of their work 



