. Forest protection and conservation in Maine, 1919. Forests and forestry. SPRUCE BUDWORM AND WHITE PINE WEEVIL 147 Company. The trip was made b y automobile from Lily Bay on Moosehead Lake, to the foot of Chesuncook Lake, thence by boat, canoe and on foot through Chesuncook Lake, Round Pond and Telos Lake. By this route observa- tions were made in some thirteen townships and included a vari- ety of conditions. Without doubt the greatest amount of dam- age encountered on this trip was to be observed in the forests at each side of the road between Lily Bay and Ripogenus Dam in the holdings of t
. Forest protection and conservation in Maine, 1919. Forests and forestry. SPRUCE BUDWORM AND WHITE PINE WEEVIL 147 Company. The trip was made b y automobile from Lily Bay on Moosehead Lake, to the foot of Chesuncook Lake, thence by boat, canoe and on foot through Chesuncook Lake, Round Pond and Telos Lake. By this route observa- tions were made in some thirteen townships and included a vari- ety of conditions. Without doubt the greatest amount of dam- age encountered on this trip was to be observed in the forests at each side of the road between Lily Bay and Ripogenus Dam in the holdings of the Great Northern Paper Company. In certain localities, often of considerable extent, prac- tically every fir, red spruce, and hemlock of any considerable size had been killed and most of the younger trees down to a height of only a few feet, were either killed or badly injured and distorted. The occasional white spruces seemed to have escaped with no injury or with only minor damages. Indeed, throughout the entire area examined, the white spruces seemed to possess some degree of. GROWING SPRUCE. These trees left on the edge of a yard as under- sized ten years ago when cutting to a limit of ten inches breast height, are now fourteen inches in diameter breast height. Photo by Maine Forestry Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Maine. Forest Commissioner; Colby, Forrest H. [Lewiston, Me. , Journal Printshop and Bindery]
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