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A beautiful and productive combination of 
meadows and timber in high western moun- 
tains. These areas produce forage, wildlife, 
water, and timber. The maintenance of 
attractive and working 
forests requires all of the 
skills available to the forester. 
BEAUTY IN WELL-MANAGED FORESTS 
The forester’s job is much more than the care and growing of 
trees for the production of wood. His task also includes the man- 
agement of trees and related vegetation of the forest to protect and 
improve watersheds, maintain and develop recreation values, and 
improve wildlife habitat as well as forage conditions for livestock. 
Practically all lands in the United States need management, and 
the kind of management depends on the uses to which the land is 
to be put. 
With skill, the forester can employ esthetic principles of variety, 
harmony, and contrast in his management of the resources. Good 
management provides an opportunity to create variety and contrast 
through the arrangement of timber stands of different species and 
sizes. ‘The principle of harmony is embraced in multiple-use man- 
agement, which gives appropriate attention to all forest resources 
and their uses. 
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Regenerating a Forest 
For beauty as well as for production, the forester’s job starts 
with the establishment of a new stand of trees adapted to the site. 
Esthetically, this involves two problems. The first is how to handle 
unmerchantable material from the previous crop. The second is 
how to get the new tree crop established promptly and in a manner 
consistent with other uses. The forester must know how to insure 
the success of a new crop and how to make the site pleasing to the 
eye. Following are some of the things he can do in the interest of 
esthetics when regenerating the forest. 
1. Decrepit or broken trees left standing, leaning, or strewn about 
after a harvest cutting not only offend the eye but they often impede 
the growth of a healthy new crop. These could best be removed 
before or during the harvest. 
2. The size, distribution, and shape of areas to be reforested should 
be planned with a view to maintaining the variety and harmony 
of the scene. Cleared areas should be frequent enough to impart 
variety, and should be fitted into the topography and local landscape 
in a way to impart interest and harmony. Wherever possible, 
boundaries should be made to follow natural breaks in topography 
or timber types. In addition to scenic variety, breaks in the solid 
forest provide habitat to attract wildlife, a feature of great appeal 
A mosaic of red pine plantations 
and hardwoods presents a pleasant 
pattern of contrasts on land once 
used for other agricultural pur- 
poses. 
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Careful planning of cutting in overmature Douglas- 
fir provides not only a new crop of timber but 
variety in an otherwise unbroken canopy of trees. 
Most timber types require clear-cutting for the 
successful establishment of a new forest. 
