18 SURVEYS OF FOREST RESERVES. 



UINTA FOREST RESERVE. 



The following are the limits, as described iu the Executive order 

 establishing the reserve: 



Beginning at the northwest corner of township one (1) south, range seven (7) east, 

 Salt Lake meridian, Utah; thence easterly along the base line to the southeast 

 corner ofto wnship one (1) north, range eight (8) east ; thence northerly along the range 

 line to the northeast corner of said township; thence easterly along the township 

 line between townships one (1) and two (2) north to the southeast corner of town- 

 iship two (2) north, range thirteen (13) east; thence northerly along the range line 

 to the northeast corner of said township; thence easterly along the surveyed and 

 unsurveyed township line between townships two (2) and three north to its point of 

 intersection with the Green River; thence in a southeasterly direction along the 

 middle of the channel of said river to the point for the unsurveyed range line between 

 ranges twenty-two (22) and twenty-three (23) east; thence southerly along the un- 

 surveyed and surveyed range line between said ranges to the point for the southeast 

 corner of township two (2) south, range twenty-two (22) east; thence westerly along 

 the unsurveyed and surveyed township line between townships two (2) and tliree (3) 

 south to the northwest corner of township three (3) south, range nineteen (19) east; 

 thence southerly along the west houndary of said township to its intersection with 

 the east boundary of the Uinta Indian Reservation ; thence northwesterly along said 

 Indian reservation boundary to the northeast corner of said reservation ; thence 

 southwesterly along the north boundary of said Indian reservation to the intersea- 

 tion therewith by the range line between ranges six (6) and seven (7) east; thence 

 northerly along said range line, surveyed and unsurveyed, to the northwest corner 

 of township one (1) south, range seven (7) east, the place of beginning. 



Surveys. — It was planned to carry triangulation for this reserve from 

 the Coast and Geodetic Survey transcontinental stations in the vicinity 

 of Salt Lake, and to run level lines from Evanston, Wyo., into the 

 reserve, and to commence at an early date the subdividing of town- 

 ships where found needful. After a preliminary examination of the 

 country it was deemed impracticable and, for the present, unnecessary 

 to commence subdivisional surveys. 



One triangulation party of four men and one leveling party of three 

 men were outfitted at Salt Lake and Evanston. The triangulation party 

 found it necessary to occupy nine stations outside of the reserve in 

 order to secure positions and distances. The stations actually located 

 within the reserve are two in number. Only 57 miles of spirit level 

 lines were run, the greater part of which were outside of the reserve. 

 The weather iu this locality was even worse than that encountered in 

 the other reserves. 



The total amount expended for this reserve to December 1 is $3,506. 



Examination of forests. — The examination of the forest conditions of 

 the Uinta Reserve was included in the plans at the outset of the sea- 

 son, with the intention that Dr. T. S. Brandegee should make such 

 examination upon the completion of his work in the Teton Reserve. 

 At the time this latter was finished, however, the season was so far 

 advanced that it was decided to be unwise to begin the work, since the 

 region consists of high mountains, ranging in altitude from 10,000 to 

 13,000 feet. This work was, therefore, postponed until the spring of 1898. 



BITTERROOT FOREST RESERVE. 



The following are the limits, as described in the Executive order 

 establishing the reserve: 



Beginning at the northeast corner of township thirty-six (36) north, range five (5) 

 east, Boise meridian, Idaho; thence southerly along the surveyed and unsurveyed 

 range line between ranges five (5) and six (6) east, to the point of intersection with 



