CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Letter of transmittal 45 



I.-GEHERAL VIEW. 



GEOGHAPnY OF THE REGION 49 



(rt) The MonntaiD System 49 



Coufignration— Plains— Plateaus — Water-courses. 



(&) Altitudes 54 



(e) Surrouudings , 55 



(d) Climate 56 



AGRICULTURxVL CONDITIONS 60 



Industries 62 



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

 ures — Stone and marble. 

 Population and values 65 



II.-THE EOEESTS OF THE EEGIO¥. 



Forest flora 72 



Local demands and forest supplies 72 



Preliminary remarks — Lumber — Railways — Telegraph poles, etc. — Min- 

 ing — Charcoal manufacture — Fencing — Fuel. 



Destructive agencies • 82 



Forest tires — Wastefal use — Snow and land slides — Loss of foliage. 



Relations of forest preservation to agriculture 84 



Irrigation systems , 85 



Forest policy 86 



III -FOB^EST CONDITIONS OF TEE SEVERAL POLITICAL 

 DIVISIONS. 



Note 90 



Idaho : 



General remarks 91 



Ada County — Alturas County — Bear Lake County — Bingham 

 County — Boise Countj^ — Cassia County — Custer County— Idaho 

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

 Oneida County— Owyhee County — Shoshone County- Wash- 

 ington County. 



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