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MISCELLANEOUS CIRCULAR KG. 61 



The Sawtooth Forest is best known on account of a series of 

 lakes lying behind the glacial moraines at the mouths of several 

 canyons issuing from the highest of the Sawtooth Peaks. These 

 lakes are known as the Redfish Lakes. They are beautiful bodies 



Fig. 11. — Type of western yellow pine timberland found on the 

 Boise and neighboring forests 



of water set against a background of mountains, and the region 

 about them is much frequented for recreation. Mount Hyndman, 

 the highest mountain in Idaho, lies on the boundary between the 

 Sawtooth and Lemhi Forests. (Fig. 12.) 





