CONTENTS. 



Page. 

 Letter of transmittal 45 



I.-GENERAL VIEW. 



Geography of the iiegion 49 



(a) The Mountain System 49 



Configuration— Plains— Plateaus — Water-courses. 



(&) Altitudes 54 



(c) Surroundings , 55 



(d) Climate 56 



Agricultural conditions 60 



Industries _ 62 



Agriculture— Mining — Stock-growing— Wool-growing — Manufact- 

 ures — Stone and marble. 

 Population and values ^ 65 



II.-THE FOUESTS OF THE IIEGION. 



Forest flora 72 



Local demands and forest supplies 72 



Preliminary remarks— Lumbsr — Railways— Telegrapli poles, etc. — Min- 

 ing — Charcoal manufacture — Fencing — Fuel. 



Destructive agencies 82 



Forest fires — Wasteful use — Snow and land slides — Loss of foliage. 



Relations of forest preservation to agriculture 84 



Irrigation systems 85 



Forest policy 86 



III.-FOREST CONDITIONS OF TH^ SEVERAL POLITICAL 

 DIVISIONS. 



Note 90 



Idaho : 



General remarks , 91 



Ada County— -Alturas County— Bear Lake County — Bingham 

 County — Boise County— Cassia County— Custer County— Idaho 

 County— Kootenai County— Lemhi County— Nez Perces County— 

 Oneida County— Owyhee County—Shoshone County — Waah^ 

 ington County. 



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