Western Carolina University WCU University of North Carolina Asheville UNCA

Southern Appalachian Digital Collections

Western Carolina University (21) View all
University of North Carolina Asheville (6) View all
WCU - Great Smoky Mountains - A Park for America

Resolution favoring the proposed National Forest Reserve

items 2 of 4 items
  • wcu_great_smoky_mtns-13769.jpg
Copyright Download
Item 1 - Resolution favoring the proposed National Forest Reserve
wcu_great_smoky_mtns-13768.jpg

Resolution favoring the proposed National Forest Reserve

NCWRA_019_12_09_02_01
wcu_great_smoky_mtns-13769.jpg

Resolution favoring the proposed National Forest Reserve

NCWRA_019_12_09_02_02
Item 3 - Resolution favoring the proposed National Forest Reserve
wcu_great_smoky_mtns-13770.jpg

Resolution favoring the proposed National Forest Reserve

NCWRA_019_12_09_02_03
Item 4 - Resolution favoring the proposed National Forest Reserve
wcu_great_smoky_mtns-13771.jpg

Resolution favoring the proposed National Forest Reserve

NCWRA_019_12_09_02_04
Item
?

Item’s are ‘child’ level descriptions to ‘parent’ objects, (e.g. one page of a whole book).

  • composed of a single valuable species of tree, but contain the desirable and worthless intermixed—in the Southern Appalachians to the extent of more than a hundred species. These conditions diminish the commercial value of the hardwood forests, and reduce the profits of lumbering to such an extent that even small profits seem in most cases possible only when the lumberman cuts everything of commercial value within reach of his mill, and in such a way as to practically destroy the forest. Furthermore these conditions at present seem to remove from private or corporate operations, which must seek for early returns, the possibilities of successful continuous hardwood forest management. In the establishment and management of the proposed Forest Reserve in the hardwood region of the Southern Appalachian Mountains, the members of this Association expect that the Government Forestry Bureau will be able to develop and put into practice such a modification of the existing forestry system as will gradually improve our hardwood forests, and show how we can utilize them continuously and profitably without destroying them. The proposed reserve will in this way serve as an important school of practical forestry, for the mature lumberman as well as for younger students; and as such it will bring results of incalculable value to the country. Establishment of Western Forest Reserves a Wise Measure and Good Investment.—In the establishment of the forty-one forest reserves, aggregating in area forty-six million acres, in the different Western States and Territories, the Government, beside protecting the sources of important streams is rendering a service to the country of increasingly great and permanent value, perpetuating the timber supply of that region, both by protecting these forests from fires and vandalism and also by introducing a system of practical forest management, the wisdom and profitableness of which will become more and more apparent. Meanwhile the Government has made a good financial investment, as the commercial value of these forests is steadily increasing and has already reached a figure more than ten times the price paid for the entire Louisiana Purchase area. But these Western forests contain, in many cases, only one or, at most, half a dozen species of pines and other coniferous trees. Thus far the Government has established no reserve in the hardwood forest region, and it has done practically nothing- looking to the improvement and protection of the hardwood timber interests of the country; although in view of the conditions described above the need of Government co-operation in the development of a better system of forest management in hardwood regions is greater than in any other. Lessons from the Experience of Other Countries.—The extensive experience of European governments in practical forest management has developed eminently satisfactory methods and
Object
?

Object’s are ‘parent’ level descriptions to ‘children’ items, (e.g. a book with pages).

Related items

Part of Collection

Great Smoky Mountains - A Park for America

This digital collection was created to contribute to the public's understanding of the forces and ideas that led to the establishment of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 1934. The most vi...

View collection Read introduction
panzoom image
wcu_great_smoky_mtns-13769.jpg