Observations on fire-damaged white pine in southwestern Maine July 1948

A. D. Nutting; John R. McGuire

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Observations on fire-damaged white pine in southwestern Maine July 1948

Informally Refereed

Authors:

A. D. Nutting, John R. McGuire

Year:

1948

Type:

Science Perspectives

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Station Paper NE-19. Philadelphia, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 1-9.

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Abstract

In October 1947 forest fires over-ran about 130,000 acres of forest land in southwestern Maine. Some 48,000 acres of merchantable timber were included in the fire area. Three-quarters of the saw-timber volume was white pine.

Citation

Nutting, A. D.; McGuire, John R. 1948. Observations on fire-damaged white pine in southwestern Maine July 1948. Station Paper NE-19. Philadelphia, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 1-9.