cover to Fauna 2
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

Elk-browsed trees, Yellowstone
Figure 31. – Juniper, piñon, and all other available browse stripped as high as the elk can reach. Where is the next crop of browse to come from–
(Photograph taken June 8, 1932, near Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone. Wildlife Division No. 2543.)

Elk-browsed Douglas fir, Yellowstone
Figure 32. – Elk-browsed Douglas fir. It is over 7 feet from the ground to the lowest foliage. What becomes of the Douglas fir saplings less than 7 feet tall? The tall grass is the unpalatable rye grass.
(Photograph taken May 19, 1932, Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone. Wildlife Division No. 2530.)

Elk-browsed juniper, Yellowstone
Figure 33. – Elk-browsed juniper. Food is scarce when elk take juniper to this extent. Like most browse, juniper can be so cropped only once. After that a new stand must provide the next forage. But here the seedlings are taken before they get a start.
(Photograph taken April 30, 1932, at Gardiner River, junction of Lava Creek, Yellowstone. Wildlife Division No. 2020.)

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