UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



1 BULLETIN No. 950 



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Contribution from the Forest Service 

 WILLIAM B. GREELEY, Forester 



Washington, D. C. 



June 15, 1921 



REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF PULPWOOD RESOURCES 

 OF THE TONGASS NATIONAL FOREST, ALASKA. 



By Clinton G. Smith, Forest Inspector. 



CONTENTS. 



Objects of this statement 



Demand for pulp and paper 



Advantages, of regional development- 

 Importance of Alaska as a source 



of paper supply ; 



Location of the region 



Communication and accessibility- 

 Topographic and other surface 



features 



Climate of the region 



Timber and stand 



Quality of timber 



Suitability for pulp and paper. _ 



Logging . 



Labor 



Construction of improvements 



Operating materials and mill sup- 

 plies 



Disposal of mill effluents 



Water supply 



Water power 



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Water-power permits 



Developed water power in Alaska- 

 Fuel 



Markets 



Taxes 



Freight rates 



Procedure in Government sales 



Authority to sell timber 



Policy 



Stumpage prices and readjust- 

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Stumpage price readjustments in 



Canada 



Financial standing of purchasers- 

 Amount of capital required 



Applications for timber and water 



power , 



Time required to secure contract 



References 



Maps and surveys 



Sample agreement 



Map of Tongass National Forest 



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OBJECTS OF THIS STATEMENT. 



This statement has been prepared to aid those who wish informa- 

 tion on the timber and other resources of the Tongass National 

 Forest in Alaska, to indicate the capital and organization necessary 

 for the development of Alaskan pulp and paper mills, to show what 

 data on the timber resources of that region have been and are being 

 collected by the Forest Service, and to outline the conditions of pur- 

 chase of timber on the National Forests. 1 



1 Acknowledgment is made to the Forest Products Laboratory for technical features ; 

 particularly to a report by H. E. Surface, entitled " Conditions Existing for the Manu- 

 facture of Pulp and Paper in Alaska," material from which has been freely used ; and 

 also to the district forester at Portland, Oreg., for valuable assistance. 

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