Restocking conditions on the burned-over forest lands of southwestern Maine, June 1949

Wayne G. Banks; James C. Rettie

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Restocking conditions on the burned-over forest lands of southwestern Maine, June 1949

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Wayne G. Banks, James C. Rettie

Year:

1949

Type:

Science Perspectives

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Station Paper NE-30. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 9 p.

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Abstract

Disastrous fires swept over some 130,000 acres of forest land in southwestern Maine during the autumn of 1947. Practically all of the timber stand (211 million board feet of saw timber and 400,000 cords of pole timber) was killed or injured by this fire.

Citation

Banks, Wayne G.; Rettie, James C. 1949. Restocking conditions on the burned-over forest lands of southwestern Maine, June 1949. Station Paper NE-30. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 9 p.