lines overy ton ohains (660 feet) mad permanently marking a tree ever7 ten
chains. 
 
This would have broken the 2000 acres Into 10 acre plots with ecompas lines
boun- 
 
tug each plot end a permnaently maed tree at each intersection of the lines,
1. e. 
 
it weuld mean that you could at no tine be more than 141 paces from a marked
tree. 
 
The various types of forest and ground cover were to be mapped, the plants
identi- 
 
fied and in representative areas tenth acre plots were to be 1aid out on
which tbs 
 
numbers of each species of tree was to be determiner, their diameters taken
and 
 
their gegs determined in an attempt to discover if the distribution of grouse
wVa 
 
In any way influencd by ege or density of growth. All grouse nests, dusting

oscrapes  dr   Ing logs, roosting areas and feeding areas were to be located
on 
 
the map. All predator nests, dons end kills wore to be located also. In fact,

 
oerye attempt was .to be made to cover the ground mnthly and note every factor
that 
 
might in sW way bear on the welfare of the grouse. 
 
          It is only by carefully -apping such an area that one can be sure
the 
 
ground is thoroughly covered on each monthly trip and it is only by definitely
lo.- 
 
eating each factor that one can hope to correlate the various influences
at work 
 
in such an area. In addition, the knowledge acquired of conditions on the
area 
 
ad& of the area itself woeld be of the greatest value in determining
Just what 
 
happens to the birds when the next *fall-eff" occurs. 
 
          The work was well under way by June lst this year. A 1929 property
own- 
 
ership map of the region showed that practically all of the land within and
ad- 
 
joining the area was privately owned. During Juno of this year en attempt
was 
 
made to find out how much legging In the area might be expected during the
next 
 
few winters. This investigation revealed that practically a11 of the land
had 
 
been bout up by the Northern State. Power CGipany and that they were planning

 
to construct a dam on the St. Croix River below the area which will result
in the 
 
flooding of practically the entire area and the destruction of all the grouse
cover. 
 
Construction of this dam must begin before March 31, 1932 and the plant must
be 
 
in operation by July 31, 193. Inasmuch as all the timber of any esie must
be