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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



GOING THROUGH THE MONTEREY CYPRESS FOREST 



This splendid road, seventeen miles long, running through a region of great natural beauty, is an easily 



understood attraction to the thousands of tourists visiting the region annually. 



A TYPICAL VIEW FROM THE SEVENTEEN-MILE DRIVE 

 This beautiful stretch of perfect roadway is a revelation to the tourist meeting it for the first time. 



THE MONTEREY CYPRESS FOREST 



Closely skirting the rocky shore of the peninsula for about two miles, this forest is of great scenic beauty. 



This species is native only here and on Point Lobos, about six miles further south. 



each tree; his damage from 

 windfall in the recent storm was 

 exceptionally heavy.) Thanks 

 to the splendid road system and 

 to the care that is being taken of 

 the forest, the windfall material 

 was promptly utilized as cord- 

 wood. Throughout the forest 

 the ground is unusually free 

 from debris, due to close utili- 

 zation for many years and to the 

 prompt disposal of the brush. 

 Thus the fire danger is greatly 

 reduced. 



The forest is rendered accessi- 

 ble by about forty miles of 

 splendid automobile roads. The 

 population of about 15,000 in the 

 towns in the vicinity brings a 

 strong demand for wood. It has 

 been determined that the aver- 

 age rate of growth in the timber 

 producing portion of the forest 

 is now about one cord per acre ; 

 it is estimated that this rate can 

 be increased about fifty per cent 

 under more intensive manage- 

 ment. On the best soils the 

 growth is over two cords per 

 acre per year. 



The Monterey cypress forest, 

 about two hundred yards wide 

 and closely skirting the rocky 

 shore of the peninsula for about 

 two miles, is of great scenic 

 beauty ; here cutting removes 

 only dead trees. This species is 

 native only here and on Point 

 Lobos about six miles further 

 south. The Monterey pine also 

 occurs in forests only in this im- 

 mediate vicinity. The Gowan 

 cypress, previously mentioned, is 

 a botanical curiosity which oc- 

 curs only in two small patches of 

 about two acres each in the Del 

 Monte Forest, and in a few oth- 

 er small patches along the Cali- 

 fornia coast. 



An especially interesting fea- 

 ture of forest management in the 

 future will be the development 

 of a co-operative plan of man- 

 agement between the Pacific Im- 

 provement Company, which owns 

 the forest, and the persons who 

 from time to time buy tracts of 

 land of various sizes for ocean 

 shore country places. The 

 great beauty of the Monterey 



