News and Notes 571 



In one case on the Lolo National Forest, a sale was made prior 

 to the fires which would have netted the Government about 

 $300,000 for stumpage. As result of the sales of fire-killed 

 timber in this area the total receipts will not exceed approximately 

 $50,000. 



The Pennsylvania Department of Forestry, in the fall of 1913, 

 adopted the policy of making topographic and stock surveys of 

 her State Forests, plans for which were drawn up by W. G. 

 Conklin. The work has been subsequently carried on under his 

 direction. The Department recognized the fact that systematic 

 procedure of forest management required that an inventory of 

 stock, in the form of existing tree growth, be obtained, and that 

 topographic maps be made available. Only after this data and 

 maps are secured can comprehensive working plans be made, for 

 practically every forestal operation is dependent on growth and 

 topographical conditions. 



Pennsylvania now owns 1,004,636 acres of land for forestry 

 purposes which is divided into 55 State Forests, all but four of 

 which are under the direct supervision of graduate foresters. At 

 present there are four foresters classed as topographers in charge 

 of field crews surveying four different Forests. Upon comple- 

 tion of one survey, the topographer is assigned to another Forest. 

 Foresters in charge of the respective Forests attend to the growth 

 inventory, growth notes being taken in the field along with topo- 

 graphic notes. 



Upon completion of a survey, subdivision of the Forest into 

 compartments is taken up; age, class and stand maps will be 

 made, and working plans constructed. 



All points considered, very favorable progress has been ob- 

 tained to date, but better progress can be expected from now on, 

 as plans and methods of procedure are adjusted and put into 

 better running order. Following is a synopsis of the work thus 

 far accomplished : 



The Barree Forest in Huntingdon County, containing approxi- 

 mately 18,000 acres, was surveyed by Forester T. Roy Morton 

 and the topographic map has been completed. The subdivision 

 of the Forest into compartments is now under way. Provisional 

 compartment lines were sketched on a Topographic Map and are 

 now being run out on the ground. All compartment lines need 



