South Dakota's Timber Resources (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from South Dakota's Timber ResourcesIn terms of geography and forests, east meets west in South Dakota in a rather dramatic way. The Prairie Plains in the east gradually give way to the grasslands of the Great Plains in the west as elevation increases by some feet between the Minne sota border and Rapid City.The forests in the Plains regions are primarily associated with water - reservoirs, lakes, and the dominating Missouri River and its major tributaries such as the Belle Fourche, Cheyenne, and Big White. Collectively these forests make up only 10 percent of the total forest land in the State and consist primarily of tree species associated with the eastern hardwood forests - elm, ash, basswood, and so forth.In the far western portion of the State and spilling over into northeastern Wyoming are the Black Hills. This isolated mountainous island of granite, limestone, and meta morphic rock thrust up through the western plains is a national geologic landmark treasured for its beauty and history. It is roughly 100 miles long and 60 miles wide and rises from the surrounding plains to an elevation of feet at the top of Harney Peak. The forests in the Black Hills and at higher elevations west of the 103d meridian to the southeast and north of the Hills are typically western, consisting principally of ponderosa pine.About 90 percent of the forest land in South Dakota occurs west of the 103d meridian, and most of it is in the Black Hills. Three counties, Pennington, Lawrence, and Custer, account for most of the State's forest area, which totals roughly 1 7 million acres.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.