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

Fauna of the National Parks of the United States PART II REPORT CONCERNING OVERGRAZING AS A LANDSCAPE PROBLEM Figure 51. – The final result : Old trees dying, reproduction a mass of dead sticks, and the aspen grove falling to pieces. This is characteristic of Yellowstone's and Rocky Mountain's overcrowded elk winter range. (Photograph taken September 17, 1933, on Tower Falls Road, Yellowsone. Wildlife Division No. 3281.) Figure 52. – Erosion symphony — the beautiful meadows of Estes Park, gutted out to the tune of thousands of tons of fertile soil annually. This particular gully is probably the result of overgrazing plus a misplaced road which at one time meandered up the natural drainage course of the meadlow. But the scene is also characteristic of a number of parks and monuments in the Southwest. (Photograph taken June 23, 1931, Estes Park, Rocky Mountain. Wildlife Division No. 1991.) Figures 53 & 54. – Scenes along East Rim Drive in Grand Canyon — all that is left of dense growth of Gamble Oak and Cowania. Cattle grazing within the park is the explanation. (Photographs taken June, 4, 1933, near Grand View, Grand Canyon. Wildlife Division Nos. 3299 and 3294.) NEXT> Photo Collection (continued)

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