July 24, 1909.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
REFORESTING BURNED-OVER AREAS. 
An investigation as to the practicability of 
reforesting the great areas of forest lands 
which have been devastated by fire and which 
are now lying barren and unproductive, is now 
being carried on by the United States Forest 
, Service in the Olympic National Forest in 
Washington. The area selected for the experi 
merits comprises several thousand acres on the 
Soleduck River, and was at one time covered 
with a magnificent forest of Douglas fir. It 
was first burned over in 1890 and again in 1895. 
A third fire over almost the same area occurred 
in 1906, destroying the last remnant of the 
original forest, leaving the entire area treeless. 
In some regions a second growth of tree* 
will come in naturally after a burn, in the course 
of a few years’ time, and where this happens 
artificial means of securing reproduction is not 
necessary. I here are, however, other burns 
where new growth does not come in readily 
due to adverse climatic conditions, absence of 
seed trees, or perhaps to the impoverishment of 
the soil by repeated fires. These areas are 
often of very large extent, and in such cases 
some means, such as planting trees or sowin 
seed, is necessary to restore the forest The 
burn in the Olympic Forest is of this nature! 
and the Forest Service is planning to conduct 
a series of experiments to determine the proper 
methods of reforesting the area. Douglas fit- 
will be the species used. 
It is believed that on the greater part of the 
area simply scattering the seed over the ground 
in the fall before the snow falls or in the early 
Bpnng will be sufficient to start a new growth. 
Jn other portions of the area, however, where 
i growth of grass and weeds has covered the 
rround, it will probably be necessary to work 
he seed into the soil by raking or dragging 
>rush over the ground. In some localities sow- 
ng by what is called the seed spot method in 
vhich several seeds are dropped together in 
pots and covered with soil will probably be 
uccessful. To test these various methods' five 
xperimental plots have been selected. These 
epresent the various conditions found on'the 
'urn, such as difference in slope altitude e^ 
osure, and vegetation. 
This fall a large quantity of Douglas fir seed 
1 <- \t C ° ected and a quantity sown on each 
lot. Next spring the experiments will be re¬ 
lated, and it is expected that the results ob 
lined will indicate what methods and what sea- 
ons of the year are best adapted to the cou¬ 
pons found on this burn. When this is ac 
imphshed, the Forest Service will be in a 
psihon to commence the reforestation of the 
oleduck burn on a large scale and to reseed 
rge areas each year. 
It is believed also that the results obtained 
be of value not only in solving the prob 
Ttio 0 nJ e F OCk Fn th T burn in the Olympic 
ational Forest, but that much will be learned 
>ncernmg the best methods of reforesting de- 
\T eaS t. ° n otber forests throughout the 
id fi tbfi 0 ^ hWeS i t ’ Where , conditi ons are similar, 
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