aro.., what to do with it, and how to 

 mnnago it . n 



3VAFS: Don T t you thin?.: the;: in our vir- 

 gin .L-'orest the composition, and physical 

 factors aro very closely related at 

 present? 



HODGE: Yec, undoubtedly. In a virgin 

 forest the composition of tho forest is 

 hound to "be a reflection of the physi- 

 cal conditions. Prom the physical point 

 of view a stand is none the less yellow 

 pine "because it happons to have "been 

 "burned over and seeded up to Imob cone. 

 Por purposes of forest management you 

 should consider the c^ens as capable of 

 hearing yellow pine, and manage it to 

 that ond. 



miGOLIlT: Do you "believe that under the 

 present system of reconnaissance , cither 

 intensive or o^ctoiicive wo can got the 

 data which will give us such a type of 

 classification? 



HODGE: I All HOT c;uite sure what type 

 data our methods of reconnaissance give 



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HARGOLIH; TThen intensive reconnaissance 

 is dono there aro two forms used. On one 

 the topography is sho\/n end on the other 

 tho stand "by composition and cover is 

 given % The information on these forms 

 would not give you much "basis for type 

 class if icat ion. To obtain it you would 

 have to have either a land ciassifica 

 tion by land experts, or complete sil- 

 vical studies of physical factors, 

 growth oto., and wo aro hardly at that 

 stags of tho game, yet* 

 EODGS: Couldn't you get the data for a 

 stand map by nsing 2 r o ur estimate sheets- 

 by simply platting the stands on the 

 different forties? 



TfATtTit T7e ran up against it on tho ICLam~ 

 ath when it came to marlring the pure 

 Douglas ?ir. On a certain aro a the type 

 map shoT/ed the stand to be pure Douglas 

 IPir, 7o started in to marlr with this 

 idea, but fouid that the pure Douglas 

 ~?ir type ran into something entirely 

 different. The stand on tho whole water 

 shed v/as correct ly given, but there was 

 nothing tc show where one tyoe ended and 

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