A FAVORABLE REPORT ON A PROPOSED ADDITION TO THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FOREST RESERVE
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Wernstedt, Lage. 1906. A favorable report on a proposed addition to the Blue Mountains Forest Reserve.
Abstract: This report describes an examination of a 273 square-mile area comprising the headwaters of the North and Middle Forks of the Malheur River in Grant, Malheur, and Baker counties in Oregon. The following topics are discussed: topography, waters, climate; agricultural possibilities; classes of range, forest types, amount of merchantable material; cuttings, roads; cultivated and cultivable lands; alienated lands; grazing; and reasons for recommendation, and arguments against.

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