Fauna Series No. 2 Cover Contents Foreword Introduction Part I Part II

Fauna of the National Parks of the United States PART II REPORT UPON WINTER RANGE OF THE NORTHERN YELLOWSTONE ELK HERD AND A SUGGESTED PROGRAM FOR ITS RESTORATION Figure 24. – East slope of Blacktail Deer Creek Valley as it was on September 17, 1933. There is not enough grass to cover the stones. This is typical of a large part of the elk winter range in northern Yellowstone. (Photograph taken September 17, 1933, Yellowstone. Wildlife Division No. 3347) Figure 25. – Grassland of the Yellowstone elk winter range near Tower Falls, as it was on September 17, 1933. Drought and grasshoppers accentuated the already overgrazed range, but these factors must be calculated in arriving at the carrying capacity of the range. (Photograph taken September 17, 1933, Yellowstone. Wildlife Division No. 3273.) Figure 26. – End of the range. The right side of the picture shows elk winter range within Yellowstone National Park. The fence is the bounary. The left side of the picture shows rank growth of sagebrush just outside the park. Here we can compare the original and the present state of the range. There can be no doubt of what has happened. (Photograph taken June 1, 1932, near Gardiner. Wildlife Division No. 2501.) NEXT> Photo Collection (continued)

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