FOREST POLICY. 



emergency fund of $10,000 annually is set aside for this purpose 

 by the legislature. 



(b) In organized towns recruited from the selectmen, each 

 selectman serving ex officio as warden for a specified district, at 

 the expense of the town, which also pays for helper's services. 



The fire wardens shall submit to the forest commissioner 

 reports on the extent, damage and cause of forest fires; further, 

 on the remedial measures taken to subdue fires within their 

 wardships. 



Fire wardens seem, however, not punishable for neglect 

 of duty. 



The forest commissioner has, unfortunately, no control over 

 the fire wardens in organized towns. 



8. Reservations: None. 



9. Irrigation: 11 farms irrigate 17 acres for truck produc- 

 tion. 



FORESTRY CONDITIONS OF MARYLAND: 



1. Area: 4,400 square miles, or 44% of State. After 12th 

 census very little of wooded area contains merchantable timber. 



2. Physiography: Three sections. 



Western section in AUeghanies and Blue Ridge Mountains, 

 with altitudes of over 3,000 feet. The Potomac, forming the West 

 Virginia and Virginia line, breaks through the Blue Ridge on 

 extreme east corner of West Virginia. 



The middle section presents a plateau, falling from the Blue 

 Ridge down to Chesapeake Bay. 



The eastern section of lowlands consists of two peninsulas 

 formed by the Chesapeake Bay, Potomac River and Delaware Bay. 



3. Distribution: The mountain section was, originally, 

 heavily timbered with white pine, hemlock, maple, birch, beech 

 and spruce — the Adirondack forest at an elevation 1,000 feet higher 

 than it is found in the Adirondacks. Now little virgin forest is 

 said to be left. 



The central section was, originally, covered with hardwoods. 

 Now chestnut coppice prevails, or a second growth of white oak, 

 black oak, hickories and gum. 



The eastern peninsula shows a second or third growth of 

 pitch and scrub pine, mixed with hardwoods. 



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