It will be seen from the above table that about 231,000 acres of the 

 land involved in the exchange lies west of the Cascades, and this is the 

 land with which I am dealing in this article. Of the 231,000 acres ap- 

 proximately 85,000 acres have been found to be absolutely barren, either 

 by reason of the high altitude, much of it being above the timber line, or 

 because it was nothing but bare rock slides in the mountainous regions of 

 the Cascade and Olympic ranges. This barren land will be exchanged for 



Courtesy West Coast Lumberman 

 fir tree showing Imno slv.e attained 

 when protected from fire 



grazing lands in Eastern Washington, leaving approximately 146,000 acres 

 to be selected from the forests west of the Cascades. 



A Demonstration Forest. 



Of the 146,000 acres mentioned above, about 67,000* acres will be 

 selected in one block in what is known as the Sultan-Pilchuck Basin. This 

 tract contains some unusually fine timber, and lies only about 40 miles 

 northeast of the City of Seattle. By the terms of a bill passed by the 

 1917 legislature, and approved by the Governor, the University of Wash- 

 ington will be permitted to exchange its land grant for a part of this tract, 

 thereby assuring to the University a tract of land within easy reach of the 

 University, which may be used as a demonstration forest. 



I regard the probability of the establishment of this demonstration 



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