REMNANTS OF TWO LARGE SPRUCE TOPS TEN YEARS AFTER BEING 



PROPERLY LOPPED 



The vast majority of tops on this operation have entirely disappeared. Nehasame Park, 



Adirondacks. (Courtesy of N.Y. Public Service Commission.) 



UNLOPPED TOPS, LITTLE TUPPER LAKE, WHITNEY TRACT, 

 ADIRONDACK PRESERVE 



Fire has run through this top, extending to the tip of the upper branches, consuming the 

 finer material and carrying fire to the adjoining live balsam. 



