. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters), no. 46-50. Forests and forestry. Hesearch Forester, l^eniisylvaiiia Foi-est I'eseareh Institute, t'ollowiii"- investiji'ations of soil i)i"otiIe and vejictation data on the ^lont Alto State Forest. A n<'\vly eonsti'iicted State Foi'est road, up tlie nortliwestern side of Snowy Mountain in Franklin County, passes i'oi' one-half mile through an execllcnt stand of hardwoods untouehed l)y fire. Then the roa<l entei's an area hui'iicd in the spring- of IfllT. Fui-tliei* on is. Ki<ii !:k 12. .1 Yoiiiiij ChcshiKt S/noitf S
. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters), no. 46-50. Forests and forestry. Hesearch Forester, l^eniisylvaiiia Foi-est I'eseareh Institute, t'ollowiii"- investiji'ations of soil i)i"otiIe and vejictation data on the ^lont Alto State Forest. A n<'\vly eonsti'iicted State Foi'est road, up tlie nortliwestern side of Snowy Mountain in Franklin County, passes i'oi' one-half mile through an execllcnt stand of hardwoods untouehed l)y fire. Then the roa<l entei's an area hui'iicd in the spring- of IfllT. Fui-tliei* on is. Ki<ii !:k 12. .1 Yoiiiiij ChcshiKt S/noitf Srrri<:hf hi/ ha,. Chest,nit. I run,lit t I'ikhI of lh< r. Is llnndi- ra/tpnt in Its Fifflit for li'innciii Af/oinst thr dust nut Itlifiht III Minni Sirtioiis I,// l!n,irsim/. an area where fires liave l)urned at intervals. The road eventually erosses a plateau over wliieli have swept severely; the latest burnin*'- oeeurn'd in Mav ]\)'Ht Deer are abundant in this loeality. The sites are covered with mixed oak growth and the s|)eeies present on eaeh are (juite similar. Exandnation of the different sites deseribrd indieates that the deer LMi are hijrldy sc'h'etive as to their feeding' ^n'ound. Briefly, the findintrs are as follows: 1. On tlu' area where fires have never burned almost every leaf has been eaten oflf* the trees and shrubs as hi^»'h as th<' deer ean reaeh. 2. On tlu' area buriu'd last in 1!I17 the browsin^^ has been fairly heavy, thoujrh lij^hter tlian on the pi-evious 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 Pennsylvania. Dept. of Forests and Waters. Harrisburg, Pa. : The Department
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