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1. Even large chir pine trees cannot withstand fire damage and 

 trees up to two feet and more in diameter were killed outright. All 

 trees were not killed immediately, but "more and more trees have 

 died each month, much as they sometimes do around a lightning struck 

 tree ;" and he states further, "it becomes a very difficult matter to tell 

 even after careful inspection soon after the fire, what the e^xtent of 

 the damage will be." . . . The trees tapped for resin were espe- 

 cially damaged and the production of resin was largely diminished. 



2. Real crown fires occurred in the smaller timber, up to thirty 

 feet in height. The damage was practically complete. Seedlings suf- 

 fer complete loss and, according to Champion, "I doubt if a one season 

 old seedling ever survives a fire" and but few two ; some three or four 

 season seedlings survive, but those that do survive are greatly weak- 

 ened. This would tend to prove that light burning in pine forests is 

 out of the question from a strictly forestry standpoint. 



-i. Broadleaved trees : Successful fire protection means an increase 

 in the percentage of broadleaf timber. 



5. Herbaceous vegetation. Champion explodes the widespread be- 

 lief that annual firing improves the grass crop. T. S. W. Jr. 



Indian Forester, Vol. 45, pp. 353-364. 1919. 



Dabat, Director of the French Forest Service, 

 Damage to has given out preliminary figures on the damage 



French Forests to French forests during the war, and on the 

 work required to put them in their original con- 

 dition. During 1020, the French Forest Service expects to publish 

 complete and detailed statistics on the damage done. The preliminary 

 figures are as follows : 



Area where productive capacity completely destroyed 500,000 acres : 

 One-half of this area must be reforested and one-half cut back, or 

 reforested. In addition 250,000 acres must be improved and the roads, 

 trails, and boundaries put in proper shape. 



There is 125,000 acres of agricultural soil, which will be unfit for 

 agriculture and must be reforested. The work to be done is sum- 

 marized as follows : 



1. Of first importance: Removal of barb wire, levelling of trenches, 

 clearing of debris, provisional repair of roads, cutting back coi)pice, 

 improvement fellings, removal of damaged standards and salvaging 

 timber left on the ground. 



