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Report of the Secretary of Agriculture in relation to the forests, rivers, and mountains of the southern Appalachian region

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  • CONTENTS. Page. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture 13 Nature and extent of this investigation 14 The Appalachian region 16 The Southern Appalachian region 17 The Southern Appalachian Mountains 18 The forests 21 Forest clearing and agriculture in the Southern Appalachians 25 Forest clearings, the rivers, and floods «. 28 The climate of the Southern Appalachians 33 How can these forests be preserved 34 Conditions of purchase and management 36 Conclusions : 38 Appendix A.—Report on the forests and forest conditions in the Southern Appalachians 41 Description of the forests and forest conditions by mountain groups 46 Forests of the Blue Ridge 46 Forests of the White Top Mountain region 47 Forests of Roan, Grandfather, and the Black mountains 49 Forests of the central interior mountain ridges 51 Forests of the Great Smoky Mountains 53 Forests of the southern end of the Appalachians 54 Changes in forest conditions of the Southen Appalachians 55 Forests cleared for farming purposes 57 Forests injured by fires 55 Lumbering in the Southern Appalachians now and under Government ownership and supervision 61 Application of conservative forest methods to this region by the Government practicable and profitable 62 Some evils of the present system of lumbering 63 Recent lumbering methods more profitable, but also destructive 64 Objects and policy of forest management under Government ownership.. 65 Improvement in general forest policy necessary 66 Considerations that should govern in the management of the proposed forest reserve 67 Description of the Southern Appalachian forests by river basins 69 New River Basin 69 South Fork of Holston River Basin 70 Watauga River Basin .' 72 Nolichucky River Basin 74 French Broad River Basin 76 Big Pigeon River Basin 78 Northwestern slope of Smoky Mountains 79 Little Tennessee River Basin 80 7
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