Figure 1. — Excessive game use of aspen is especially evident in close proximity to elk 

 feedgrounds where trees have suffered severe bark damage and sprouts are 

 browsed down to the snow level. 



Figure 2. — Late stages of aspen deterioration in a stand south of Upper Slide Lake. 

 Areas such as this are currently changing from an aspen type to a grass-forb 

 parkland with scattered conifers. Many other deteriorating stands succeed more 

 rapidly toward a conifer type, but some culminate in shrub, grass, and forb 

 communities . 



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