Seward daily gateway., 1929-12-17
LARGE INCREASE
 FOLLOWS DULD'HG R9ADS. ALASKA
THE NATIONAL FORESTS OF AL ASKA AND ITS ROADS AND
 TRAILS
CBy Charles H. Flory. District Forester

M The Chugach National Forest, with an area of nearly 5000 900 acres, located in the Prince William Sound section of Alaska and the ITongass National Forest, compris- Iing practically all of southeastern Alaska with an area of over Ib.5OO. 1000 acres, were set aside by Presi- Edential Proclamation for the pur- ipose of perpetuating the vast tim Der resources thru proper forestry practice. The estimated stand of the former is ,2600OD.0 D.0Oo feet B. N. tand of the latter 78 500 00Q 0Gu feet HB MA. The Forest Service adminis- Ntered these forests aIl the resources Iof which are available for nse- thru Va resident per -onnel consisting of the District Forester at Juneau. two Forest Supervisors located at Cor ldova and Ketchikan, and pernian- Ient field md office force ot more
 than 30 Not incluSing annltapria- Itions made for roads and traiIs. the
 Alaska district of the Forest Service operates under an average' total annual allotment of s150,0oC The yearly average of net receipts from Ial sources is about $12O,O00
 M The Forest Road Section of the Federal Highway Act appropfiates money for road building in National Forest regions and apportipns 1t according to the area and value of National Forest land resources in
 each state and Territory. These funds are available only fof pro- fleets within or immediately adia- Ncent to the National Forest. seiec- Ition of the projects are mada at Iioint conferences between Alaska representatives of the Bureau 0f
 Public Roads, the Forest Service land the Alaska Territorial Road
 Board. subject to the approval of Ithe Secretary of Agricultare. All Nconstruction is done by the Bureau Nof Public Roads.
 W Since 1916, when the first Farest
 road money was appropria teal All W Tka has received and expended. up
 to June 30, 1929, approximately ' s3 750 GOO for the construction and maintenance of projects totaling
 2Qs miles of this amount. about N$3A0.000 of federal funds we're spent Ifcr maintenance at an average cost Nof S375 per mile. In addition to the Iabove. the Territory contributed
 S25o 900 for construction and $sO,-
 loco fer maintenance. The projects, both completed and uncompleted,
 follow
 N Afognak Lake Cadioinins Fish lHatchery, .2 miles,. Crow rraek Itnear Anchoragel 60 miles: E,vak ILake ladioiring Cordova} 72 miles, Glacier fadioining Juneau s75 miles. Johnson Pass .(near Moore
 Pass 82 miles; Katalla (adioining IKataIaD f39 miles Kenai River I fbeloW Kenaf Tiaket l2.8 miles NH NCraek lnear Wrangell) K miles; NM0ose Pass tbetween Moose Pass lend Hope 45 0 rnilse3 Pa1nier Greek Ilnear Hope 52.5 mile Pstersburg t f(adioinine Petersburg 5.4 miles Point Agassiz near Petersbp -gl AIS
 miles. Sa7nal River in HHaef re- aion1 a7 miie$ Seward adjoining
 Seward r TAT miles Sitla at 5ltkaOa .5.6 miles. Tezas creek .in HVflAr re-
 gionl 54 miles Tnngass -adi5iAng Eetchikaa9 l4.i miles; Wrangell ! Cadjoiling WrangeHJ AZ miles
 Those familiar with the country Twill note that the projects chosen Nare mainly of two classes, fiFst ad- 1iaaent to and serving. settlements Nand second. leading into and 1pel- Iing up nlinaralized regions. During lthe fiscal year 1928 in addition to the above. a program of location
 surveys was authorized with 8 view \ to constructing low type roads leading into other mineraliafd rel lgions
 W. For several years a census 6f inn Nprovaments along Forest Highways lin Alaska has been taken to 'Ascer-
 tain the character and value Of the development that is taking place. }The steady growth in numbers and Ivalue of these improvements is re- markable, as witness the following