Thompson 65 General Impressions of the Park. Oct. 6, 1930. The Bear Prairie region is too isolated to give any great danger to deer wintering there. It is also, reported to be very lightly hunted during open season. No specific problem seems to present itself here. The Clear Fork region is the critical one for wintering deer. Poaching in winter is rampant here. The Park limits are killed off in this region also, and if there were upholders, they would meet the same fate. The law is not enforced. If this area were made a game preserve, it is questionable whether it would be patrolled any more effectively. If it were made a part of the National Parks, its patrolling would be assured & the game protected. But the region is not outstanding scenically, except for beautiful forest. We traversed the section east of the park to the summit of the Cascades as far south as Phinney Pass, which is halfway down the