



2 CONCLUSIONS AND SUMMARY 



Algeria, which was pacified as early as 1858. Corsica is, to be 

 sure, a French department, ceded to France in 1759, but, on 

 account of the difficulty of lumbering in Corsican pine forests 

 in the rugged mountains, the management is perforce far less 

 intensive than in the Jura, Vosges, or any part of France. A 

 possible exception is found in the extensive cuttings in the 

 southern Pyrenees near Oloron. Tunisia comprises approxi- 

 mately 50,000 square miles; Algeria, 176,000; and Corsica, 

 3400. The administrative centers are: Tunisia, Tunis (near site 

 of Carthage); Algeria, Algiers, with Oran and Constantine as 

 secondary centers; Corsica, Ajaccio. 



TUNISIA 



There is much to learn in Tunisia along the lines of extensive 

 organization; permanent improvements; forestation; protec- 

 tion against sand, wind, and climate; fire protection, particu- 

 larly as relating to fire lines ; and modifications of the customary 

 cutting systems made necessary by lack of transportation and 

 low stumpage prices. 



In Tunisia there are two types of administration an inten- 

 sive form for the valuable cork-oak forests, and a cheaper, less 

 intensive form for the aleppo pine (P. halepensis) forests, valu- 

 able chiefly for protection against erosion and wind or for a 

 local fuel supply. The organization is not top-heavy; it is simple 

 and aims at the fundamentals of forestry rather than at the 

 minutia covered so thoroughly on the Continent. It naturally 

 follows that the expenditures for fire protection are immeas- 

 urably more for the cork-oak forests than for the less valuable 

 aleppo pine. 



The protection of the Djerid oases is of particular interest to 

 American foresters, since the theory and practice has a direct 

 application in the United States. These oases are valuable 

 irrigated farms that must be protected against drifting sand, 

 over-grazing, and erosion. On account of the native population, 

 the laws in regard to the use of fire within or near forests are 

 especially strict, but the administration realizes that interior 



