DENNIS 



Pitch pine covers 591- of the forest area in this town 

 and the lack of better species can be laid to the door of forest 

 fires and the lack of forethought of the people. There are about 

 3,000 acres of l8,nd which must be planted, tha^t is the only solu- 

 tion that we can see to the forestry problem in this section. 

 There ere a fev areas of sm8.ll oak and pitch pine, but the former 

 is not large enough for use and the latter is only temporary cover- 

 ing until reforestation takes place. 



On the four corners near Grassy Pond there is a refor- 

 estation lot which has been pla.nted for eleven and twelve years. 

 This lot va.s probably planted when there was very little protection 

 from scrub oak or pitch pine, so tha.t for a long time it grew at a 

 very slow ra.te. About four years ago conditions evidently became 

 advantageous to the white pine beca.use it began to grow at the rate 

 of two feet a year and in some cases even fa,ster. This lot is ex- 

 ceptional, but on the other ha.nd it can be reproduced anywhere in 

 this section of the Cape. 



In the vicinity of Kelly's Bay which is an arm of the 

 Bass River, is a good stand of cedar which is six to eight inches 

 dia,meter breast high. Real estate development is under ?;a.y nearby 

 and no doubt some of this cedar will be used for posts a.nd possibly 

 for decorative fences some time in the future. 



