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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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  • INDEX. 197 E. East Tennessee Valley, farms and water power 16,17,18 Elevation of Southern Appalachian Mountains 19,20,113 125 effect on climate 23 128 forest species 22 118 Elk Creek, gaging stations 136 Mountains 48 Ellijay River, water power on 142 Elm, size, distribution, species, etc 99 Erosion of mountain lands, burned or cleared 27, 59,122 forest covered 32 grass covered 27 valley lands 27, 38 effects of 26,129 extent of, in detail 69 prevention of, by Government control 28,59 Etowah River, measurement of 137 Evaporation from soil increased by denudation 122 Ewing Mountain 48 Extent of proposed reserve 38,113 F. Falls. (See Waterfalls.) ■ Farmers, clearing and cultivation by 24, 26,58,133 Farms, existing, not to be disturbed 38 (See also Clearings.) Faulty trees, removal of 67 Federal Government, necessity for action by 34 Felling trees, careless methods in 24, 57, 64, 65,66,13i, 132 Fertility of soil (see also under Soil) 122,133 Fires, area recently injured by 56 causes of - 65 damages from 24, 55, 65 in Europe 56 Rocky Mountains 57 danger from, increased by lumbering 57 effects of, on forests, reproduction, humus 24,55, 56,133 soil, floods, water storage 25, 56,132,133 surface and pasture 25,65, 66 prevention of, under Government forestry 56,59, 65 First Broad River Basin. (See Saluda River Basin.) Flathead National Forest Reserve, purchase of Indian lands 36 Flat Top Mountain 55 Floods, caused by excessive rainfall, clearings, etc 28,122,129,133 damages from, in spring of 1901 130 recent 32 erosion of lands by increasing frequency of 131 Flow of streams. (See Stream-flow.) Forage plants destroyed by fires 26,138 Forest area, examined 21,40,48 extent of 26,31,45 by river basins 69 clearing, method and effects of 23, 24,28, 31, 45, 47, 57,69,122,131,133
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