The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-09-15

mountain barrier to the southern coast On
the coast of southeastern Alaska trees grow to
large size; in the interior the timber is much
smaller. The higher mountain areas are com.
pletely above timber line. Climatic conditions
In the region adjacent to Berng sea and on
the Arctic slope make forest growth altogether
impossible, so there are great stretches of
tundra whose vegetation consists chiefly of
moss. sedges and few small shrubs. Moss
may be said to be the garment of Alaska and
layers of 1t II to Is inches thick are not at
all uncommon either on the coast or in the
interior
IL is estimated that the total forest and
woodland area of Alaska is approximately 1OO
oooOOO acres, or about 81 per cent of the land
surface of the territory OF these about
ZO'ooo,OOO acres may constantly bear timber
OF suthcient size and density to be considered
forest IN the sense that much of it can he
useo ior saw timber, while the balance or
oo'ooo'ooo acres, is woodland which bears
'oiiie Sd" TIMBER, but on which the forest is
OF a smaller and more scattered charactor
ana valuable chiefly for fuel
There is not sufficient information, .
Whlch TO base any satisfactory estimate n,
.he total stand of timber in Alaska. II b.s
Deen estimated for instance that tho ooaat
forests contain $4,000 900 600 feet of r,o.oto..
aoie saw timber, but this estimate n,,ght 10
nluch exceeded were both the spruca and bo,,,
'''h CLOSELY utilized More than twentv oorl
awe nave been cut in good stands of bircb
"'pe" III the interior, but on the other
nahd' there are large areas of hIaoL ,,,n,,oa
ula' Is 100 small to use for any nurnoea. eo
'nat 1t Is still impossible to give satisfaotor,,
estimate OF the total stand 'S
ine coast forests of southeastern and so,n
cru A'aska are nearly all included in tbo w.,
SO "hu Chugach National forests which oo,
-o''oi'o26 acres; and large nronort,a,,
v,stor " y" 10 iorested The species are cbiaav
snrnoa ,ptI ,l'''och .Isuga heterophyna). Sitka
1rbuto nI,s ''chehsls), western red cedar
,inuJa pHcata), and yellow cedar CCha,,,., o.''"'
paris nootkatenssl On the coas+ n"niaecy tt,n.Ha,y
nne is low, On deer mountain ~ L,o.tI, ''''ioe'
"Sl'"Ve' spruce saw timber stons - at ~.
ooo el' ana the peak, with an elevation ~
'''Vo itsl' pears only stunted blacl ~ "
d,,,a @ ''as' region the stand is qepora,I,.
Lo,,, ! '"' 'S much rs $4,000 feet per acro Ia'.
@ D'eu estimated for considerable troo,, ""S
GO ,"o'D'y averages 20 per cent ~ W..
1r' ,,,ai anu western hemock about n nor oo,,.
a,i ,t aP.uIe reaches large size. and oooo,Ia.
and heia,'a ut"ineters Of more than sly reat
To fopr foat W. 'oo rect Diameters of throo
While b, g, "t a"dlhed by Western red coIor
ern hemIocl a most abundant species. west,
vial .n1u0N does not produce as Iorgo ,s,
'uu"I 'rees as the spruce or tba se lhul'
IacucalIy the entire forest ~, ,, I'''''
gor o'etmature. It has been oco,-,,','. 'Ia, re-
rocl,,. 9.i "Jured by fire or cutting SLauls
dSi' So'' steep mountain sIo,,ls swallow
srat "se oIten prevent thrifty prny,th VI poor
oc,,,, sl'eS stagheadedness" ond 1 anu on
groutb 20 -" favorable situations tho ro4 are
soIIo,1. Vi the coast trees is fairly ra,,i "'e or
'0'o"lhs are typical: rapid The
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