UNLOCKING ALASKA 



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TYPICAL FOREST ON THE YUKON FLATS ABOUT 20 MILES BELOW FORT YUKON ON THE ARCT.C 



CIRCLE. TIMBER CHIEFLY WHITE SPRUCE, 2 TO 8 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND UP TO 50 



FEET IN HEIGHT; SOME BALSAM POPLAR AND LARGE WILLOW. 



bearing small and scattered stuff, usable 

 chiefly as fuel. 



Nearly all of the coast forests are in- 

 cluded in the Chugach and Tongass Na- 

 tional Forests. On these two forests 

 the most common species is western 

 hemlock, followed by Sitka spruce. 

 Western red cedar and yellow cedar are 



important and valuable though not 

 nearly as abundant as the hemlock and 

 spruce. There are a number of other 

 species, but they have no commercial 

 value or significance at this time. All 

 of this coast timber hugs the shore line, 

 and since the mountain rises abruptly 



COMPLETE DESTRUCTION OF FOREST BY CUTTING AND FIRE NEAR FAIRBANKS. 



