D77507 162. East Side Hunter Range June 14, 1931 Houserock Valley was exceedingly bare. Almost no grass higher than a low cropped stubble. Some stribly scattered and toward the upper edges of the valley, some very few sagebrush. As soon as we entered the National Forest the grass was noticeable higher & where abundant in many places it covered the ground. Up in the Juniper & Pinion region very little browsing was evident. Mr. Robert Parker, Mann's Range, says that 200 cattle winter within the National Park. Mr. Kooie has the majority of cattle there & is the biggest offender. Mr Findlay is most anxious to cooperate. Kooey's cattle are in the east side of the Park, above and east of South Canyon. There are no grazing perpita nor obligations on the North Rim of the Park. Cattle are very difficult to get out of the park. Thirty-six head of Buffalos were seen near Haze. They were offalading their light brown winter coat, which hung down in rag ends, a foot in some cases.