Treesearch

This is the third report on a series of studies (2, 3) made to show the relationship of stump diameter to diameter breast high (d. b. h.) for commercially important tree species in the Northeast. This report is for American beech (Fagus grandifolia).

This is a report on the findings of the forest survey made in Maryland as part of the nationwide forest survey that is being carried on by the Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. It shows the area and condition of the forest land, the volume and quality of the standing timber, the rates of timber growth and mortality, and the extent of timber cutting for forest products. The field work for this survey was done in 1950-52. NOTE: this document was scanned from a personal copy and contains hand-written notes.

Northeastern sawmill operators have been eyeing the sash gangsaw mill with new interest in the past few years. This type of mill, which cuts a whole log or cant at one time by means of a number of straight saws set in a sash frame that moves up and down, was rather common in the Northeast around the turn of the century.

From 1948 to 1952 a light to medium spruce budworm infestation occurred in the spruce-fir forests of northern Maine. During this period both the degree of infestation and the acreage affected fluctuated considerably, but the population remained below the damage level. In 1953 there was a general reduction in budworm population in all portions of northern Maine except a relatively small area of same 20,000 acres near Madawaska Lake. Here a marked increase in infestation occurred. Because of possible damage to trees on this area and the hazard of spread to adjacent areas, this tract was...

Sawmills have the reputation of being very wasteful in converting logs and bolts into lumber and timbers. Almost everyone has seen the great heaps of sawdust and slabs that collect at sawmills. Frequently the question is asked, "Why doesn't somebody do something about this terrible waste of wood?"

The present boom in forest genetics makes it difficult for even the specialist to keep abreast of all the latest developments in this field. Therefore, in the fall of 1954 the Committee on Forest Tree Improvement, Society of American Foresters, asked the author to prepare a bibliography of publications issued in 1954.

Forest insects continued to be a major cause of timber loss in the Northeast in 1954. A diversity of destructive pests caused these losses in different ways: by outright killing trees; by reducing growth; by reducing merchantable volume; and by reducing the quality of forest products. Some of the insects caused serious damage to woodlands that have high recreational value.

The two hurricanes "Carol" and "Edna" that struck inland over New England this summer caused some timber losses. But the damage was neither so extensive nor so severe as the damage done by the hurricane of 1938 and the storms of 1950.

On the Fernow Experimental Forest in West Virginia, as on several other experimental forests in the Northeast, studies are being conducted to compare the biologic and economic results of different methods of forest management. The experiments are being carried out on compartments varying in size from 50 t o 150 acres. Such areas are large enough to permit the simulation of commercial logging operations. The treatments applied to these compartments are designed to encompass different silvicultural systems, different product objectives, and different intensities of forest management....

In this report forest-area and timber-volume statistics for Western and Northeastern Ohio (frontispiece) are shown separately. Regional boundaries were established in order to group counties having similar forest, soil, and economic conditions. The two forest regions include most of the areas commonly known as the Ohio Corn Belt and the Dairy Region.