THE, FORE,5T5 o/ MARYLAND 



INTRODUCTION. 



The Maryland State Board op Forestry was created in 1906 by 

 special legislative Act. Its first, and tlien most important, task was 

 to accurately ascertain the forest conditions and forest needs of 

 Maryland. 



To this end a Forest Survey of counties was begun in 1907, though 

 with the limited funds at the disposal of the Board it required until 

 the suminer of 1914 for its completion. The Survey gave an accurate 

 and complete inventory of the forest resources and furnished a large 

 amount of additional data from which this Report has in large part 

 been ju'epared. The county forest maps — a separate one for each 

 county showing the character and extent of forest areas, with the 

 aiDproximate stand of timber ■ — are each found with the descriptions 

 of the respective counties. The original maps, on a scale of one mile to 

 the inch, are reduced to a scale of three miles to the inch for this 

 publication, but in the case of Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, 

 Frederick, Garrett, Kent, Prince George's, Washington, and Worces- 

 ter counties maps on the larger scale have already been published. 



It is the purpose of this Report to show in condensed form and 

 orderly manner our present forest resources, their value to the people 

 of the State, and how these resources may best be conserved by wise 

 use, not only to supply present needs but to anticipate the needs of 

 the futui'e. The methods used in making the Forest Survey, with 

 material secured, and manner of its presentation, have all been 

 developed along original lines to supply as far as practicable informa- 

 tion likely to be of greatest value to the .various users of the forest. 



The forest owner, whether he has but a ten-acre Avoodlot or 

 possesses thousands of acres of forest land, wants to know how to 

 handle his land for timber production, what products are the most 

 valuable and how he can best protect, harvest, and market liis timber 

 crop. The timber buyer wants to know where he can find timber of 

 suitable kind advantageously located. An examination of the various 

 county forest maps will show him Avhere the Avoodlands are located, 

 their kinds, and indicate the stand of timber supplemented by the 

 forest descriptions of each county. The wood user or manufacturer 

 wants to know of sources of siipply to help maintain his business or 



