Forestry Quarterly

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: jects, since climatic conditions are more severe and the soil is shallow, rocky, and largely a heavy adobe. During the past field season detailed examinations were made of the Lincoln, Jemez, and Pecos River Forest Reserves. Several large sites on which forest planting is highly advisable were selected....
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: jects, since climatic conditions are more severe and the soil is shallow, rocky, and largely a heavy adobe. During the past field season detailed examinations were made of the Lincoln, Jemez, and Pecos River Forest Reserves. Several large sites on which forest planting is highly advisable were selected. All of these projects show considerable variation in character and in each of the reserves the need of planting and the expected results are entirely distinct and should be treated separately. Lincoln Forest Reserve. The Lincoln Forest Reserve probably illustrates the need of reserve planting more fully than any other reserve in the Territory. It was created on account of the protective value of the forest on stream flow and to conserve the limited timber supply. These become of more than usual importance when consideration is given to the fact that the reserve and adjoining areas are thickly populated. Before the creation of the reserve, surface fires had been common and had materially reduced reproduction. Added to this was the severe grazing to which the reserve was subjected. Naturally there has been a wide diversity in the use of timber by the numerous settlers. Portions of the reserve are honeycombed with mining claims, all of which show some timber cutting. In a large number the entire stand has been removed. In accessible coves and on favorable slopes some lumbering has been done. All classes of settlers used the reserve supply for fuel, posts, and construction timbers, and were usually wasteful in their methods of exploitation. The creation of a reserve to protect small owners and retain an efficient forest cover was preeminently necessary. But the creation and conservative management of the reserve are not sufficient to supply all present needs, secure good re...