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cated by the Forest Service estimate of 

 saw timber compiled in 1916. The 

 percentages of species are: chestnut 45, 

 hemlock 11, yellow poplar 10, chestnut 

 oak 10, other oaks 6, yellow pines 3. 

 basswood 2, spruce and fir 1, others 12. 



Supervisor's headquarters Ashevillet 

 (So. Ry.). Pisgah division easily acces- 

 sible by auto from Asheville or J^revard. 

 A motor road open from si)ring to fall 

 extends from Black Mountain (and 

 Asheville) to near the top of Mt. Mit- 

 chell. The Boone division may be 

 reached from Linville (3 mi. east) or 

 Lenoir (6 mi. west). 



Shenandoah National Forest {]'ir- 

 ginia and West Virginia). Area 353,544 

 acres in three main divisions: The 

 Massannutten, on the Blue Ridge, 

 chiefly in Shenandoah, Page, and Rock- 

 ingham Counties; the Shenandoah, in 

 the AUeghanj^ Front region, in Rock- 

 ingham, Augusta, Highland, and Bath 

 Counties, Va., and Pendleton County, 

 W. Va.; and the Potomac, just north 

 of the Shenandoah, in Shenandoah and 

 Frederick Counties, Va., and Hardy 

 County, W. Va. The intermediate and 

 plateau groups of types are represented. 

 Timber largely second-growth, with 

 some good bodies of original growth. 

 The Forest Service saw timber estimate 

 of 1916 indicates the following per- 

 centage of species : oaks 53, hemlock 20, 

 white pine 8, chestnut 5, yellow pines 4, 

 yellow poplar 4, hickories 4, others 2. 

 Chestnut, which forms a larger per- 

 centage of the second-growth than here 

 indicated for saw timber, is badly in- 

 fected with the chestnut blight (Endolhia 

 parasitica). On the forest and still 

 intact are trench systems of Stonewall 

 Jackson. 



Supervisor's headquarters at Harri- 

 sonburg, Va.t (B. & O. R. R. and So. 

 Ry.). The Massannutten area is acces- 

 sible (a) from Harrisonburg, Wood- 

 stock, Edinburg and Strasburg, Va.; 

 the Shenandoah from Harrisonburg 



and Staunton, Va.; and the Potomuc 

 from Woodstock, Edinburg, and other 

 point.s in \'irninia. 



Unnka National Forest {Virginia, 

 Tennessee, and North Carolina). Area 

 155,466 acres in two principal divisions: 

 the Wiiite Top, in Smyth an<l Wasiiing- 

 ton Counties, Va., and Sullivan and 

 Johnson Counties, Tcnn.; and the 

 Unaka, in Carter and Unicoi Counties, 

 Tenn. The forest is principally of 

 intermediate types, with the subalpinc 

 on the highest elevations in or near the 

 National Forest. The 1016 estimate of 

 saw timber indicates the following 

 percentages of species: oaks (princi- 

 pally chestnut and black) 35, chestnut 

 28, hemlock 12, white pine 6, yellow 

 pines 5, yellow poplar 4, birch 2, others 

 8. There are two or three undisturbed 

 stands. The remainder is culled, cut- 

 over, and largelj' second-growth 

 forest. 



Supervisor's headquarters at Bristol, 

 Tenn.J (N. &. W. R. R. and So. Ry.). 

 The White Top division may be reached 

 (a) or (w) from Damascus, Va., the 

 Unaka from Erwin, Tenn. 



White .Mountain National Forest {New 

 Hampshire and Maine). Area 440,581 

 acres in Coos, Grafton, and Carroll 

 Counties, N. H., and Oxford County, 

 Maine. Elevations from 1000 to 0290 

 ft. The flora varies with forest con- 

 ditions from nearly natural to badly 

 disturbed by logging and fire. The 

 largest area of virgin timber is the 

 "Great Gulf" immediately below Mt. 

 Washington. This is covered with a 

 mixed stand of red spruce, balsam lir. 

 and paper birch. 



Supervisor's headquarters at Gorham, 

 N. II. t (B. & M. Ry. and Grand Trunk 

 R. R.). The whole White .Mountain 

 region is easily accessible from the 

 Boston it Maine, Maine Central, and 

 Grand Trunk Railways, and excellent 

 automobile roads i)cnetrate it. Sum- 

 mer and winter resorts are numerous. 



