A FOREST WORKING PLAN. 44 1 



Reasonable and necessary improvements which will add greatly to the value of 

 the timber stumpage and which will not seriously impair nor injure the forests 

 in either beauty or usefulness should be allowed in order that the highest prices 

 may be received for the stumpage to be disposed of. 



The stumpage values of all the timber in the Adirondacks have been steadily 

 increasing for some years. This is especially true of spruce and pine, because of 

 the increased demand for spruce pulpwood and the consequent enforced use 

 of pine or other material for lumber. Average stumpage prices cannot be quoted 

 in this work because they are constantly fluctuating, and the prices which can be 

 expected for the stumpage upon these townships, when disposed of, will depend 

 largely upon the action which is taken by the State in regard to the necessary 

 improvements. 



Balsam has long been included with spruce stumpage for wood pulp, at the 

 rate of about fifteen per cent, and it should be sold with the spruce, cutting to 

 the diameter limits advised. 



Rules Governing Lumbering Operations. 



A careful application of the following rules will provide for the safety and 

 well being of the forest. If they are thoroughly enforced, the chief functions of 

 the forest in conserving and regulating the waterfiow and their use as a public 

 recreation ground and natural sanitarium will not be impaired, nor will their 

 capabilities as a producer of lumber be decreased. 



In order that there can be no possibility of the lumberman's misunderstanding 

 what trees should be cut and what trees should be left standing intact, it is 

 necessary to mark all trees intended for removal. Trees smaller than the 

 diameter limit advised which show unmistakable signs of decay and premature 

 death but which are still merchantable, or trees whose tops have been broken off 

 by falling trees or severe wind storms so that it is clearly apparent that they 

 will not survive, should also be marked for removal. Any spruce, pine or balsam 

 trees whose branches are so interlocked with valuable hardwoods or other species 

 that they can not be removed without cutting the latter should not be marked. 

 These can be taken when the other species are marketed. 



The diameter limits advised for guidance in the removal of the mature timber 

 have been fixed after a careful and thorough study of the effect of such removal 

 on the forest and the profits to be expected from the lumbering. Upon the care 

 with which the tree markings are made and the thoroughness with which the 

 rules governing the lumbering are carried out, the success of practical forestry 

 upon these townships chiefly depends. It will be incumbent upon the officials 



