Excerpt from Report on the Forest Conditions of the Rocky Mountains, and Other Papers, 1888: With a Map Showing the Location of Forest Areas on the Rocky Mountain Range Sir: I have the honor to submit for publication as a special bulletin, prepared under your instructions, a collection of reports illustrating the forest conditions of the ro'cky Mountains, together with such informa tion as may serve Ior a basis in formulating needed forest legislation with reference to the timber lands of the region which are still held in the hands of the General Government. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.