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Bryce Natl. Park
June 3, 1931. Podunk Point trip with
Cope & Driver.
Cope says that the shepherds are
very hostile toward the park
extensions. They feel that their
livelihood is being taken away
from them. Yet they have overgrazed
the whole territory to such an extent
that one man was heard
to say, “We would be better off if
we sold half our sheep & bought it
them back ten years later.”
The entire valley between Bryce
& Navajo Mt. (Pa'rusah River Valley)
is grazing sheep & cattle, country.
The view from Podunk Point is
magnificent.)
Perhaps, within a few years,
all grazing may be eliminated
from the park. But at present,
that was the only way the
territory could be acquired.
Henderson is the man who grazes
the 2700 sheep in the parks.