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Show 98 they've clipped ten of those plots in a s t r a i g h t l i n e of 200 paces, the g i r l s will most l i k e l y have sampled everything growing on that ridge. By the time they've finished a t r a n s e c t (ten plots) the sun soars high overhead. Jan peels off her down-filled parka - i t i s , after a l l, only l a t e summer, although the tops of the Henry Mountains don't warm up until noon. Pam, a seasonal employee, removes the peaked railroad cap vihich has held up her long brown b r a i d s . Then the g i r l s climb into a truck and drive to a spot with a sweeping overlook of the Henrys, vihere they eat t h e i r lunches out of brown paper bags. Driving after lunch to a new area vihere t h e y ' l l work during the afternoon, they come upon the Henrys' herd of buffalo, 130 strong, grazing in a meadovi. Several b u l l s r a i s e t h e i r massive heads to decide whether Jan and Pam are a t h r e a t to the herd. The buffalo covis and calfs continue to graze on the r e l a t i v e l y lush grass of the meadow. In 19^1 tvienty-two buffalo - eight bulls and fourteen cows - viere transplanted from Yellowstone National Park to the Henry Mountains. Today the herd numbers close to 200, the only herd of free-roaming bison in the continental United S t a t e s . Sometimes in the summer the big animals climb to high peaks of the Henrys to forage - behavior considered quite untypical for buffalo, vihich are usually known as plains animals. Much of the work Jan does is r e l a t e d to these buffalo. The Bureau of Land Management permits p r i v a t e l y ovined c a t t l e to graze in the Henry Mountains; since buffalo and c a t t l e eat the same kinds of grasses and shrubs, t h e y ' r e competing with each other for e x i s t i n g food. If too |