Report on Condition of Elk in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, in 1911 . Fig. 1.—Teton Range. Bordering Jackson Hole on West. View from nearGrovont, March 24, Fig. 2.—Marsh Bordering Little Gros Ventre or Flat Creek, above Jack-son. View Northeastward from Base of East Gros Ventre Butte, near VALUE OF ELK. 11 level. These are mostly devoid of trees, but support a few grovesof aspen poplar and an occasional juniper (Juniperus scopulorum),nut pine (Pinus flexilis), or Douglas spruce. These hills, especiallyduring moist seasons, produce a growth of grasses and other her-baceous plants which are exce
Report on Condition of Elk in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, in 1911 . Fig. 1.—Teton Range. Bordering Jackson Hole on West. View from nearGrovont, March 24, Fig. 2.—Marsh Bordering Little Gros Ventre or Flat Creek, above Jack-son. View Northeastward from Base of East Gros Ventre Butte, near VALUE OF ELK. 11 level. These are mostly devoid of trees, but support a few grovesof aspen poplar and an occasional juniper (Juniperus scopulorum),nut pine (Pinus flexilis), or Douglas spruce. These hills, especiallyduring moist seasons, produce a growth of grasses and other her-baceous plants which are excellent for forage and, as their steep slopesare early bared of snow by the action of sun and wind, they furnishfine feeding grounds for both stock and game. In this fertile valley, with its luxuriant growth of forage andcomparatively mild climate, most of the elk which summer in theadjacent mountains and in the great area of high country extendingnorthward into the Yellowstone Xational Park have lately spentthe winters. In former years large numbers, probably the great majority of thosewhich summered in the high ranges of northwestern Wyoming, win-
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