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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