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• In a report entitled Archaeological Reconnaissance of Proposed <br />Coal Lease Areas in Afoffat, Rio Blanco, and Routt Counties, Colorado <br />Arthur and Jennings describe the vegetation of the area in which this <br />survey was conducted. Arthur and Jennings discuss three main vegetation <br />units: The Grassland, Mountain Shrub, and intermediate Sagebrush com- <br />munities. <br />The Grassland communities generally consist of small meadow areas <br />and present favorable conditions for the growth of wheatgrasses, <br />bluegrasses, bromegrasses, and needlegrasses. These usually occur <br />in the bottoms of the wider drainages and small valleys (1977: 4-5). <br />Within the present survey area, the larger drainage bottoms on the south- <br />ern slopes of the Williams Fork Mountains, such as Ute Gulch, are part of <br />the Grassland communities. <br />• <br />VIEW OF UTE GULCH TAKEN FROM THE EDGE OF THE MEADOW <br />LOOKING SOUTH. <br />In the northern portion of the survey area the topography is much less <br />rugged. The Grassland communities are in broad, shallow valleys flanked <br />by rolling hills. <br />• <br />12 <br />