STATE FOREST WORK 



Simapee Forest Reserve 



It has been found desirable in New 

 Hampshire that private individuals should 

 co-operate vcith the state in saving portions 

 of the forests which were threatened with 

 destruction. Thus an organization, headed 

 by a Philadelphia man, has just bought up 

 800 acres of forest land on Mount Sunapee, 

 overlooking Sunapee Lake and the state 

 commission has detailed a forest ranger to 

 look after the tract, and to carry out plans 

 for its development and protection from 

 fire. This particular strip of woodland was 

 threatened with cutting in order that the 

 logs might be ground to pulp in a paper 

 mill. By their action, the private individ- 

 uals who raised the money for the purchase 

 of the land have saved to themselves and to 

 the state one of the most important scenic 

 features of that section. Mount Sunapee 

 would indeed have been desolate with the 

 woods cut off in the thorough fashion in 

 which paper mills cut them. 



The danger which threatened these woods 

 is also threatening any number of other 

 beautiful sections in New Hampshire and 

 Maine. The paper mills are remorseless 

 in their demands. They want all the wood 

 which is available. They do not care any- 

 thing about the scenery; they do not care 

 anything about conserving the water sup- 

 ply; they do not care about the feelings 

 of summer visitors. All they wish is wood 

 to feed the jaws of their great machines. 

 And one may go through sections of the 

 state mentioned and see how ruthlessly and 

 thoroughly and unscientifically great sec- 

 tions have been cut over. If the state is 

 ever to act it must act quickly. But states 

 are slow. And in the meantime, this action 

 of these people in New Hampshire, in rais- 

 ing a sum of money and purchasing a 

 threatened section, is a shining example 

 of what may be done in other places by 

 other people who are interested in preserv- 

 ing the woods for their own sakes and for 

 the sake of the scenic effect. A little co- 

 operation now on the part of well-to-do 

 private individuals will help to solve the 

 problem until the time comes when states 

 and the Federal Government shall take 

 the action which is really needed. 



miles from the little resort of Calistoga 

 Springs. This "forest" consists of a great 

 many petrified trees — all of which are pros- 

 trate. 



In respect to the great number of petri- 

 fied trees, and their immense size, the Cali- 

 fornia "stone forest" surpasses that of 

 Arizona. Strange to say, but very little is 

 known about these wonderful Sonoma coun- 

 ty petrifactions — so far as the general pub- 

 lic is concerned. Many of these trees are of 

 enormous size. The famous "Queen of the 

 Forest" is a pre-historic redwood, about 80 

 feet long, and nearly 12 feet in diameter. 

 It has been broken in several places, and 

 these breaks are as clean as if cut off with 

 a saw. A tree has grown up through one of 

 the breaks and has attained quite a large 

 size. Another giant tree known as the 

 "Monarch" lies near by, which is almost 90 

 feet long and is without a break. This tree 

 Is a fir, and averages 10 feet in diameter. 

 Not far away is another giant son of the 

 forest— a redwood that is about 60 feet 

 feet long and is without a break. This tree 

 broken into many hundreds of pieces, yet it 

 retains its shape almost perfectly. Scat- 

 tered about for the area of several acres, 

 are many other pieces of petrifaction. So 

 perfect has been the transmutation into 

 stone, that the grain of the wood still re- 

 mains very clear, and the variety of the 

 tree may be easily determined. 



Calilomia's Unique Forest 



California, among many other natural 

 wonders, contains a "Stone Forest," This 

 is located in Sonoma county, only a few 



Massachusetts' Plantations 



Reforestation work conducted under the 

 State Forester Frank W. Rane, has been 

 suspended for the season. About seven 

 hundred acres have been replanted this 

 summer. The plantings have been made 

 in Ashburnham, Fitchburg, Greenfield, 

 Buckland, Hubbardston, Lancaster. Kings- 

 ton, Shirley, Attleboro, Paxton and Hopkin- 

 ton. 



This is the third year of this kind of 

 work. Formerly all the planting was done 

 in the spring, but this year the forester 

 divided it up so as to do some of it in the 

 fall. Then the department will plan about 

 three hundred acres more. 



Ai)proximately three thousand acres of 

 land, deeded to the state by virtue of pur- 

 chase or gift, have been replanted since the 

 state started this forestry policy, three 

 years ago, and the first plantings are now 

 In a fine condition. Much more land is 

 available and can be replanted as fast as 



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