372. Mesa Verde June 17, 1933. Arrived yesterday afternoon. The mesa is extraordinarily densely covered with green browse. Serviceberry (2 species?) poles and purplea are abundant, and in full leaf. We have never seen such qualities of deer browse & no signs of utilization. Deer are reported to & have been abundant last fall moving down toward Mancos Canyon. During the winter various deadways were reported fresh buckskins on the Ute Indian reservation. Few deer were observed returning in the spring. This leads Paul Fraule to believe that the Ute Indians take a heavy toll of the park's deer. We have seen no deer today nor tracks. Supt. Finman still hopes to develop water holes for deer. Perhaps the experiment is injurious, and appears to have no undesirable effects. Porcupine damage was observed at Cliff Palace. Although far less recent damage was in evidence than in 1931, many old & young pinon pines directly beneath vital to the ruins were badly damaged last winter & this spring. It seems to us that someone should be delegated or