Field journal, v4159
Page 741
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399. Yellowstone Parks Antelope Creek Buffalo Pasture Aug, 23, 1933, Party of inspection: Baggley, McCarter, Ford, Wright & Thompson. Plans have been drawn up for the corral & survey made. The main pasture is to include about 600 acres of meadow land on the watershed of Antelope Creek. Lodgepole pine & paper thickets are included as well as the willow thicket along the creek. This latter is good moose country & has been much browsed, but presumably more so by elk than moose! We have suggested that the long narrow neck from field to show corral be considerably widened to prevent trampling of grass & erosion. This will probably be done. The pasture will contain between 700 & 800 acres in all. Grass is very abundant over this area and it is above the elk winter range. Considerable sage brush exists in the portion next the road. I think however, that the paddock should not be stocked with more than 50 buffalos until