CONTENTS 



BEGINNINGS AND ESTABLISHMENT . 1 



Experimental Range Created 2 



Site Selection and Buildings 3 



First Projects and Personnel 6 



THE WATERSHED STORY 9 



Watersheds A and B * . . 9 



Infiltrometer Research 12 



Shrub Plantings 13 



Induced Snow Drifting 13 



THE GRAZING AND RANGE STORY . . 15 



Depleted Range 15 



Searching for Better Range 



Management 16 



Revegetation 17 



Plant Vigor Studies 21 



Studies of Poisonous Plants 23 



Relation of Grazing to Aspen 

 Reproduction and Range Condition . . 25 



ECOLOGICAL ENDEAVORS 26 



Plant Studies 26 



Climatic Studies 29 



Plant Nutrition Studies 30 



Silvicultural Studies 31 



Rodent Studies 35 



COOPERATIVE PROJECTS 36 



APPLICATIONS 37 



FUTURE PLANS 39 



RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS 40 



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