FOREST POLICY. 



Forestry lectures by Wm. R. Lazenby, at State University. 

 Cincinnati Forestry and Improvement Association formed 

 in 1903. 



7. Laws: Fire laws since 1805. State forestry bureau 

 created in 1885. Officers unsalaried and now inactive. 



8. Reservations: None. 



9. Irrigation: None. 



FORESTRY CONDITIONS OF OKLAHOMA AND 

 INDIAN TERRITORY: 



1. Area: In Indian Territory, 65% of the total area or 

 20,000 square miles are wooded. 



In Oklahoma, 11% of total area or 4.400 square miles are 

 wooded. 



2. Physiography: Undulating plateau, drained by rivers 

 flowing west to east, notably the Canadian River and Cimarron 

 River. The Red River of the south forms the southern 

 boundary. 



The highest mountain ranges in the Ozark plateau are the 

 Arbuckle and the Boston Mountains. The Cross timbers enter 

 from Texas. 



The Wichita Mountains, in the southwest, are over 2,000 

 feet high. 



3. Distribution: Western section is prairie, with green 

 ash, hackberry and cottonwood along the rivers. Red cedar is 

 said to have been found 20 years ago on the edges of all canyons. 



Middle section has woodlands of blackjack oak and post 

 oak, notably in the Cross Timbers. Further, some burr oak, 

 hackberry, white oak, shittim wood and wild china berry tree 

 occur. These species are said to be gradually extending towards 

 the west. After W. L. Hall, black walnut, catalpa and locust 

 can be planted successfully within the original oak forests. 



In the eastern section (Indian Territory), south of the 

 Canadian River, Pinus echinata and taeda are found in large, 

 valuable bodies on the ridges. The lowlands in the east are 

 splendidly timbered with the hardwoods of the Mississippi bot- 

 toms. Here the best black walnut of the United States is said 

 to exist. Further, red oak, cow oak, hickories, white ash, gums, 



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