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35 <br />• Where it is drier, sage and grasses predominate with low stands of <br />Gamble's oak, serviceberry, and an occasional juniper. In the wetter <br />northern parts, especially northeast, the Gamble's oak increases in <br />density and height. Sagebrush becomes very dense in localities where <br />the Gamble's oak has either been cleared or does not grow. This also <br />applies to serviceberry, mountain mahogany, and local grasses. Aspen <br />trees are present on the north-facing slopes, but are limited to the <br />northern half of the tract. <br />Numerous seasonal and a few permanent drainages cut through the <br />tract. South of the drainage divide, they flow mainly to the south and <br />southwest. The northerly drainages on the east side of Breeze Mountain <br />flow to the northeast into the Breeze Basin. On the west side of Breeze <br />Mountain, the drainages flow almost due north. Judging from the vegeta- <br />tion and the number of stock ponds and small reservoirs, there appears <br />to be a considerable amount of water available, at least in the spring <br />and early summer. According to BLM District Office figures (Bureau of <br />Land D1anagement 1973), the Craig area receives ]2-16 in. of moisture per <br />year, one third of which falls as snow. Of the rest, approximately half <br />occurs during the growing season. Pagoda to the south has an average <br />annual precipitation figure of 18.5 in. <br />Portion Surveyed <br />Survey coverage in Tract 2 (Table 6) is affected both by the vegeta- <br />tion-slope characteristics and by cultivation. The cultivated areas are <br />mainly concentrated in the northern portion of the tract; that is, in <br />Secs 28, 29, and 30. Additional areas have been cleared and planted in <br />. hay along drainage bottoms in Jeffway and Deacon Gulches. The southern <br />