ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 



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ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 



Srpartmrnta : 



Lee S. Crandall. 

 William Beebe 



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Copyright, 1919, by the New York Zoological Society. 



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Vol. XXII. v< 



September 1919 



erty ? Surely this is one of the most glaring 

 examples of the necessity of the state interfering 

 with the management of private property to pre- 

 vent its wasteful exploitation. Countless tons 

 of slahs and lumber also are burned to get 

 them "out of the way." Are there no by-prod- 

 ucts from lumber such as there are in the refin- 

 ing of petroleum or in the conversion of hogs 

 into bacon ? 



In Garberville, we were received by a group 

 of citizens headed by Judge F. A. Cutler and 

 A. E. Connick, who showed our party over the 

 road as far as Eureka, and pointed out the lum- 

 bering operations in full progress along the 

 road, examples of which are shown in the ac- 

 companying illustrations on page 105. 



The railroad ties were purchased under the 

 authority of the United States Railroad Admin- 

 istration, but in justice to the officials it may be 

 said that they did not realize the vast injury 

 to the state highways when they authorized the 

 use of Redwood timber for ties. The Railroad 

 Administration, through its chief. Mr. R. G. 

 Sproul, and Mr. H. \Y. Ellicott. Purchasing 

 Agent of the Northwestern Railroad, immedi- 

 ately stopped the buying of ties from areas 

 which would come within the proposed reser- 

 vation, as soon as the matter was officially 

 brought to their attention by the writer, and 

 they expressed their entire sympathy with the 

 plans for the preservation of these trees. 



The cutting has been done in almost every 

 case along the east bank of the south fork of 

 the Eel River and on the very edge of the high- 

 way, and while the devastation is appalling, nev- 

 ertheless the damage if arrested at the present 

 time can ultimately be minimized. 



Some distance below Garberville. the highway 

 leaves the river and does not reenter the Red- 



woods until just above Phillipsville, where there 

 is a fine stand of Redwoods on the left bank. At 

 Phillipsville itself there are five acres of very 

 fine trees on both sides of the road, and again 

 at Fish Creek there is a four-acre tract of Red- 

 woods which has not yet been injured by cutting. 



Below Miranda, on Logan's Flat, there is a 

 fine stand on both sides of the road some four 

 or five hundred acres in extent. This is offered 

 for sale, but as yet there has been no cutting. 



The first cutting below Garberville appears 

 at Elk Creek, where a few trees have been cut 

 for grape stakes, and more cutting appears a 

 little below. Further down the river there is 

 another stand of about 200 acres of bottom 

 land, with more or less cutting. Further down 

 again on the left bank is a very fine, thick 

 stand of Redwoods, 700 acres in extent. This 

 tract is not in immediate danger because it be- 

 longs to the A. B. Hammond Lumber Co., which 

 is not cutting in this section. These trees un- 

 doubtedly should be included in any park along 

 the highway. Below this point and near the river 

 and highway, cutting is actively going on and 

 there is serious danger of the entire destruction 

 of the flat. 



Near here and on the right side of the high- 

 way a stand of timber belongs to the University 

 of Minnesota. It is reasonable to assume that 

 a university — an educational institution — may 

 be interested in the permanent preservation of 

 these trees. 



Below this again there are some small mills. 

 Most of the cutting here has been finished, and 

 while the destruction has been very serious 

 further work has been suspended. See page 96. 



Further down the river at Pepper Wood the 

 forest has been greatly exposed by cutting, 

 showing again that trees will stand along these 

 river flats even though left entirely without 

 shelter. 



In connection with the theory that exposed 

 trees blow down, it should be stated that the 

 Northwestern Pacific Railroad owns a few Red- 

 woods on its right of way between the tracks 

 and the main Eel River, and that some of these 

 trees, being absolutely isolated and in a very 

 exposed position, have been overthrown by the 

 wind. 



After these scenes of devastation and threats 

 of worse, we turned into Bull (reek Flat, per- 

 haps the finest forest in the world. Bull Creek 

 flows into the left side of the south fork of the 

 Eel River just above Dyerville. where the south 

 fork joins the main Eel. It is a magnificent 

 stand of trees, some 10.000 acres in extent. See 

 pages 90 and 106. 



