PROVINOETOWN 



In Provincetown there is e very extra.ordinary condition. 

 Two- thirds of the area of the town has he en set aside in v/liat is 

 known e.s Province Lands. On these lands have heen planted in 

 the past Scotch pine, Austrian pine, white pine and red pine. This 

 area was nothing but shifting sands and it was necessary to hold 

 the sand in pla.ce before planting trees. Now that the sand has 

 been settled there are a few good stands of trees growing there. 

 The Austrian pine is 20 to 25 years old, probably 25 feet in 

 height and 7 inches in diameter. These trees are now standing 

 straight and sturdy, showing their capa^bility of growing on noth- 

 ing but sand, even though swept by the constant winds that are 

 blowing across the tip end of the Gape. 



The only piece of woodla.nd in the town is located on the 

 road from the center of the village to Race Point Life Saving Sta- 

 tion. There is a. na.rrow belt of oak crossing this road ^nd as 

 you drive through it you realize thet it is the most heevily v/ooded 

 road tha.t you have passed through on your trip down the Cape. 

 Other than this strip of oa.k there is practically no v/oodlcnd in 

 the town of Provincetown. We believe that the Department of 

 Public Works is doing aJLl that is possible in reforesting the 

 Province Lands, so that, except for a few outside areas of sa,nd 

 which could be handled in a similar way, the forestry situation 

 is well in hand. 



