Tompson Winter Range 214 Yellowstone May 19, 1932 This afternoon George & I raked over the below of the hill behind the administration down to the Gardner River at the first bridge, and back up the road. Overgrazing is very prominent. Every shrub and pitchin has a "high- water" line about 7 ft. above ground. Hardly a twig remains below the line. Sagebrush is browsed until it is stubby, and many bushes are killed. Grass is cropped to the very ground. The Giant Rye grass is quite prevalent. Even it has deemed taken somewhat. Aspens are severely barked along the pronounced high water line, and have no reproduction. The hills look bare and are covered with game trails. Chrysothamnus & choke- cherry & snowberry have been heavily browsed - only a few stubs remaining in many clumps. Erosion is setting in. Bankspur is showing in scattered places. If there are 10,000 elk in this northern herd, it is my opinion that they should be reduced to 5,000. The range looks as bad as the Kiahah, to me. Unless the elk are immediately