. American forestry. Forests and forestry. THE FORESTS OF ALASKA 35 It is the policy and prac- tice to encourage agricul- tural settlement in the two Forests wherever suitable farm lands exist. The new railroad has caused a stim- ulus to agricultural settle- ment on areas in reasonable reach of it. More than one hundred settlers will be provided for on the Chu- gach Forest during the cur- rent year. On the Tongass Forest sertlement is noc taking place so rapidly but the number of new home- steads established is in- creasing each year. A fac- tor of encouragement to the settler in the Forests i
. American forestry. Forests and forestry. THE FORESTS OF ALASKA 35 It is the policy and prac- tice to encourage agricul- tural settlement in the two Forests wherever suitable farm lands exist. The new railroad has caused a stim- ulus to agricultural settle- ment on areas in reasonable reach of it. More than one hundred settlers will be provided for on the Chu- gach Forest during the cur- rent year. On the Tongass Forest sertlement is noc taking place so rapidly but the number of new home- steads established is in- creasing each year. A fac- tor of encouragement to the settler in the Forests is that where the land is unsur- veved, the final survey on the National Forest pre- liminary to issuance of pat- ent is made by the Forest Service without cost to the settler, while on the public domain the settler has to pay the cost. This advan- tage is greatly appreciated by the forest homesteaders. MINING AND WATER POWER The National Forests are open to prospecting and to the location of mines, just as is the public domain. The examination of the mining claim Ijefore issu- ance of patent is made by mineral examiners, usually liv the mineral of the General Land Office, who also examines claims on the public domain. The existance of the Forest in no wav interferes with the acquisition of a mine if the min- ing laws are complied with. The Forest Service en-. A TYPICAL IIEMEUCK STAND IN THE CUUGACII NATIONAL FOREST Tlie Cliugacli National Forest comprises over live million acres, cover- ing the Inilk of tlie coast forests centering abont Prince William Sound and including also a jjortion of the interior type of forest on Cook Inlet. The principal siiecies in the coast type are Sitka spruce and hemlock. While the timber is not as heavy as in the Tongass National Forest, there is nevertheless a large yield which will be of great importance in the development of that portion of Alaska. The spruce and hemlock forest frequently runs over 50,000 feet to the ac
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