THE AUTHORS 



DEAN E. MEDIN is research wildlife biologist with the Intermountain 

 Forest and Range Experiment Station in Provo, Utah. He holds 

 a bachelor's degree in forestry from Iowa State University, 

 a master's degree in wildlife management from Colorado State 

 University, and a doctoral degree in range ecosystems from 

 Colorado State University. The research reported in this 

 paper was done at the Intermountain Station's research labor- 

 atory in Boise, Idaho. 



ROBERT B. FERGUSON is range scientist with the Intermountain Forest 

 and Range Experiment Station in Provo, Utah. He received 

 his bachelor's degree in forestry from West Virginia Univer- 

 sity and his master's degree in wildlife management from 

 Utah State University. His former assignment was the study 

 of artificial revegetation of deer winter ranges in southern 

 Idaho, while located at the Intermountain Station's research 

 laboratory in Boise, Idaho. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



The authors acknowledge the assistance of M. Newell, C. Ohs , 

 and members of the field planting crew. Garden Valley Ranger 

 District, Boise National Forest, Idaho. 



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