Contents. 



A DISCUSSION OF CONSERVATIVE LUMBERING AND THE WATER-SUPPLY. 



SUMMARY. 

 INTRODUCTION. 



Appropriation. 



Object of the Working Plan. 



GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF TOWNSHIP 4O. 



Topography. 



THE FOREST. 



Forest Types. 

 Swamp. 

 Spruce Land. 

 Upper Spruce Slope. 



FIRE. 



RESERVED AREAS. 



Watershed Reserve. 

 Water Front Reserve. 



MERCHANTABLE FOREST AREA. 

 THE ESTIMATE. 



Compartments. 

 Valuation Surveys. 

 Volume Tables. 

 Yield Tables. 



Present Stand. 



Future Stand of Spruce. 



SPECIES TO BE LUMBERED. 



Spruce, Balsam, and Pine. 

 Cedar. 



Dead Spruce. 



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