Viewing page 270 of 381

This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.

May 28, 1938 cont.
  We first visited one of Stiens easement projects White Lake near Amidon IV.8.  I remember this as an alkali flat of no value to anyone.  Now it is full to spilling capacity and has a surprising duck population.  Lots of shore birds mostly [[underline]] Wilson Phalarope [[\underline]] & [[underline]] semipalmated sandpipers.  [[\underline]]  Ducks were [[underline]] Mallard, Spoonbill, Pintail, blue winged teal, scaup & gadwall. [[\underline]]  Saw a few [[underline]] avocets. [[\underline]]  Will be much better as vegetation develops.
Then to Stewart Lake south of Amidon.  This is a fine project.  [[underline]] Spoonbills, Blue winged teal, pintail, gadwill, Eared Jubes [[\underline]] in abundance.  About 100 acres of marsh & water & will be doubled when area is filled.  A very fine small area.
  From there we went over to see the proposed purchase area in the bad lands and it is a peach.  It is all [[One?]] old National forest area on both sides of Little Missouri.  Has an abundance of water & [[browse?]] & should be fine for antelope, deer, grouse etc. & there are some fine duck possibilities in the area also according to Burnie.
  From there we drove back to Dickerson & up to Lake Ilo near Dunn Centre.  This is a very pretentious project.  It has about 27 feet of water at the spillway & lacks only a foot of going over the spillway.  Contains about 1230 acres of water, about half of which in shallow area.  It is [[stually?]] an