100 SURVEYS OF FOREST RESERVES. 



to the rauge liue between ranges 2 and 3 west; thence easterly 6 miles 

 to the northeast corner of township 57 north, range 1 west; thence 

 36 miles northerly along the standard meridian to the southeast corner 

 of township 61.' north, range 1 west; thence westerly 1 mile to the 

 •southeast corner of section 35 of said township ; thence northerly 12 

 miles, to the northeast corner of section 2, township 63 north, range 1 

 west; thence easterly along the township line between townships 63 and 

 64 to its intersection with the west bank of the Kootenai River; thence 

 along said west bank to its intersection with the international bound- 

 ary ; thence westerly along said boundary to its intersection with the 

 present eastern boundary of the reserve. 



SAN BBBNARDINO FOREST RESERVE. 



SUMMARY. 



Situation: Southern Califoruia. 



Acres. 



Area witliin present lines 737, 280 



Adverse holdings, railroad lands 261, 760 



Title in dispute 106,880 



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Per cent of 

 total area. 



Area of brush and forest land (?) 95 



Area marked by fire (?) 95 



Area badly burned (?) 40 



Revised lines can not be drawn without further study. 



Force recommended : Part of the attention of 1 ranger and 1 forest guard and the 



whole time of 1 guard and 6 lire watchers. 

 Sources of information : Personal examiuation, September 23 and 24, 1896. 



An elevated mountain region, with steep slopes covered with brush, and a plateau 

 summit bearing valuable forests. 



Fires prevail and must be checked, even at great cost. 



The water supply from this reserve is essential to the prosperity of southern 

 California. 



Mining is not important. 



Grazing should be prohibited. 



Provision is required to meet local demands for timber and fuel. 



The San Bernardino Forest Eeserve occupies the eastern portion of 

 the mountain range of the same name. It is bounded on the east by 

 the Cajion Pass and on the south by the San Grorgonio Pass and a fer- 

 tile valley, of which San Bernardino is the chief town. "With a total 

 area of 737,280 acres, this reserve includes 261,760 acres claimed as 

 railroad land, the title to 106,880 acres of which will not, it is believed, 

 be sustained. It is a region of steep slopes, with a broad and compara- 

 tively level summit of the range. The climate in the lower portion is 

 very dry, while on the heights the rainfall is considerable. This reserve 

 has furnished small amounts of timber to the settlers below and has 

 been pastured to some extent. 



TI-DS PORKST. 



The forest consists chiefly of yellow pine, which here reaches average 

 dimensions approximately as follows: Height, 80 feet; diameter, 2 

 feet; length of clear trunk, 30 feet. Other trees of importance are the 

 sugar pine, the big-cone fir, Coulter pine, the knob-cone pine, and sev- 

 eral evergreen oaks. Very large areas on the slopes are covered with 

 chaparral, while the level plateau on top is chiefly occupied by valuable 

 forest growth. Compared with those of the Sierra Eeserve the trees 

 are small, and those on the southern edge of the upper plateau show 



