ILLUSTRATIONS
Page [Cascade mantled ground squirrel] cover [Bench Lake, Hudsonian life zone] frontispiece [Black bear] 5 [Forest scene, Humid Transition life zone] 9 [Forest scene, Canadian life zone] 10 [Paradise Valley, Hudsonian life zone] 12 [Colonnade, Arctic-alpine life zone] 14 [Black-tailed deer and fawns] 15 [New-born fawn of black-tailed deer] 16 [Mountain goat] 22 [Black bear and cubs] 24 [Cascade hoary marmot] 28 [Hollister chipmunk] 31 [Cascade mantled ground squirrel] 33 [Douglas pine squirrel] 35 [Cascade flying squirrel] 37 [Beaver] 39 [Yellow-haired porcupine] 45 [White-footed mouse] 51 [Coyote] 64 [Cascade red fox, “silver” phase] 67 [Marten] 69 [Washington weasel] 72
Bench Lake, Hudsonian life zone lakeshore-fireburn habitat. This type of cover is extensively utilized in summer by the coyote and black-tailed deer, and on the southern exposures by the Hollister chipmunk and mantled ground squirrel. The lake shore is favored by the water-loving shrews.