the red & white graminum lupine eriogonum, castilleja, & grasses. But the browse & young trees (aspestrpens especially) were severely hit by winter grazing. The grass in Slough Creek is cut each year for winter & About 80 tons were left over from last yir Since hay lands at the Buffalo Ranch are insufficient it is planned tentatively lead the buffals around into Slugh Creek to feed them there. The effe of Slough Creek are a safety value herd. They are well fed all year, & some what isolated from the other jerks. elks. In summer they range north of the valley mostly. George Bagg reported that 7 elk were fed during the winter. Feeding is from early January to May. Jim Duforie is custodian of the lower Slough Creeks ranch. From there we drove to Buffalo Ranch to see the hay lands. They are densely packed, ground hard & a thick sod cover formed. Baggie attributes this to long years of cutting without allowing reseeding. Hence the thick rooted sod formerly ha come to predominate. Experimental pl of Timothy/Hungarian Brome Spike Clougr Pea the nurse crop of oats has been carried out unfortunately,