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To Cape Royal is superb, grasses very abundant, forest abundant. Serviceberry & low sables also abundant. For many miles, however, there is no aspen reproduction, but out near Cape Royal it is abundant for 2-3 miles along the road. All this portion of the range shows signs of over-browsing in past years, with notable recovery in recent years. All large aspens appear to have been browsed as high as deer can reach. It is our opinion that the range is being utilized to the maximum, without deterioration at present.
For about a mile by Cape Royal past overbrowsing has been as severe as any place on Kaibabi winter range. Immense amounts of Cownania killed outright. Near the neck of the point little recovery is evidenced but out on the main body of the reefed point Cowania shows recovery where protected by snow & some utilization above the snow line. Forage components on the point are almost identical with lower winter range (Kaibabi) & sandrock.