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the natural woods as it existed origin- 

 ally in the Blue Grass region of Ken- 

 tucky. The trees are mostly beech, 

 maple, walnut, oak, tulip and other 

 trees. Lying on the crest of the ridge 

 they are not subject to wash and the soil 

 is the accumulation of the humus of 

 ages. Trees that blow over or fall 

 down are not removed and the rotting 

 logs are characteristic of a primeval 

 forest. 



Crittenden, Grant County, Kentucky 

 on So. R. R. and Dixie Highway.— 

 Chas. A. Shull. 



*Universily of Kentucky Zoological 

 Experiment Station. (D4.) Tract cut 

 over a number of years ago (480 acres). 

 Now second-growth of a larger number 

 of the species that were less valuable 

 at the time the hardwood timber was 

 cut. Series of ridges with narrow val- 

 leys, watered by a number of small 

 springs and branches. The wild life is 

 being protected so far as possible and 

 everj^ opportunity afforded for investiga- 

 tion of the native plants and animals; 

 also instruction in summer. 



Quicksand, Tenn. — Thomas Cooper. 



Berea College Forest Reserve and 

 Adjacent Territory. (A3.) This tract 

 includes a territory 10 mi. in length 

 north and south and 6 mi. in width. 

 East of Berea about 6 mi. and southeast 

 of Richmond some 16 mi., Madison, 

 Rockcastle and Jackson Counties. 



Woolper Creek Glacial Moraine. (Do.) 

 (Split Rock.) A deposit of glacial con- 

 glomerate locally called "Split Rock." 

 Woolper Creek has cut through this mass 

 and there are now two sections, the up- 

 per "Split Rock" and the lower a cliff of 

 conglomerate 185 ft. high paralleling 

 the channel of the creek on the south 

 side. 2 



The interesting part of this area lies 

 on the south side of Woolper Creek be- 

 tween the Ohio River and the Bellevue 

 and Petersburg Road. The distance 

 along the creek is about a mile, the 

 width varying from one-eighth to one- 

 half mile. 



A meadow of possibly 50 acres is 

 flanked on both sides by ravines in which 



2 See page 216, "(ioology of Kentucky," Prof. 

 A. JI. Miller, published l>y the Department of 

 Geology and Forestry, Frankfort, Ky., 1919. 



a large number of ferns are found. 

 Those ravines are steon and the .sicles 

 are covered witli second-growth timber. 

 There is a large variety of wild flowers in 

 the ravines, along the base of the cUITh, 

 etc. 



The best way to reach this locality is 

 (a) from Cincinnati, crossing the river at 

 Anderson's Ferry to Constance, tlicn to 

 Hebron, BuUitsville, Gainesville, Pe- 

 tersburg, turning south along the Ohio 

 River a distance of about '.i mi.; crossing 

 Woolper Creek on iron bridge, a total 

 distance from Cincinnati of 30 mi.— 

 Morten Carlisle. 



Middle Creek Glacial Moraine. (B3.) 

 A large area of glacial gravel and con- 

 glomerate probably higher than "Split 

 Rock" but not so precipitous. 



Part of the area is cultivated, but 

 numerous wooded ravines have out- 

 cropping conglomerate with a verj- inter- 

 esting flora, columbine, ferns, hepatica, 

 etc. This is a well-watered section, 

 the conglomerate resting on sedimentary 

 strata permits the rainfall to percolate 

 to the strata whence it emerges in numer- 

 ous springs. Highest parts about 800 ft. 

 above sea level. 



Area about 3 mi. by one mi. in dimen- 

 sions, but broken up bv occasional 

 cultivated fields. On Middle Creek, 

 lioone County, Ky., about 6 mi. west of 

 Burlington, the county seat. Distance 

 about 25 mi. from Cincinnati. 



Reached (a) from Cincinnati through 

 Covington, Erlanger, Florence, Burling- 

 ton, automobile maj'' be driven on a side 

 dirt road for short distance into this 

 region. — Morten Carlisle. 



The Hillman Land and Iron Company 

 Reservation. (A3.) This area com- 

 prises 05,000 acres in Lyon and Trigg 

 Counties, Ky., nearly all of which is in 

 virgin timber and which is already set 

 aside as a game preserve. There are at 

 least 150 deer and 18 or 20 droves of wild 

 turke3'S on this preserve. 



Lyon and Trigg Counties, Ky. — C. J . 

 Meredith. 



''Tight Holler" Forest. (A3.) A vir- 

 gin forest occupying a branch of Mill 

 Creek or Middle Fork of Red River 

 known as "Tight Holler"; cxtend-s from 

 head of ravine about 3 mi. down, l^or- 

 dered by high sanilstone din's which 

 comiiletely hem in the valley, nuikiiig 

 entrance to its head impossible except 

 in one place. Forest of hemlock, tuliji 

 tree, magnolias (M. macrophylln, M. 

 tripetala, M. acuminata) ; dense rhoiio- 

 dendron and mountain laurel thickets. 

 Rich rock flora of north and south facing 

 cliffs and dry and wet cliffs. Clear small 

 periTiMiicnt stream. Fauna said to in- 

 clude black bear and probably all of the 



