UNLOCKING ALASKA 



-is:; 



RAFT OF SITKA SPRUCE LOGS ON BEACH NEAR WRANGELL. AVERAGE DIAMETER AT THE BUTT 37 

 INCHES, AT THE TOP 21 INCHES. AVERAGE LENGTH, 78 FEET. CONTENTS OF RAFT 

 APPROXIMATELY 190,000 BOARD FEET, SCRIBNER SCALE. 



CONSERVATIONISTS AROUSED. 



Coincident with these two great de- 

 velopments there came a plan to abolish 

 the Chugach National Forest, and a bill 

 to bring about that result was favor- 

 ably reported to the Senate in May. 

 Friends of conservation see in this the 



first attack in a campaign to secure for 

 private exploitation the great wealth of 

 the coast timber, practically all of which 

 is in the two National Forests. The 

 Chugach was aimed at first because it 

 seemed the most vulnerable, and the 

 statement was made, in Congress and 



RAFT OF SITKA SPRUCE LOGS WITH GENERAL VIEW OF SHORE FOREST AFTER CUTTING OF RAFT, 

 STANDING TIMBER CONSISTS OF SITKA SPRUCE, WESTERN RED CEDAR, AND WESTERN HEMLOCK 



