. American forestry. Forests and forestry. Veteran Sitka spruce in creek bottom near Ketchikan, Alaska THE FORESTS OF ALASKA By R, S. KELLOGG (Abstract of L'nited States Forest Service B'lli-tiii, \o. 8i.) MORE than one-third of Alaska's immense territory is yet but httle explored. The permanent pop- ulation at the present time is estimated at some 40,000 white and 25,000 na- tives; about half of the latter are Es- kimo in the region adjacent to Bering Sea and the Arctic Ocean. The most important product is gold, of which the outpvit in 1908 was valued at more than $19,000,000. Fisheries rank
. American forestry. Forests and forestry. Veteran Sitka spruce in creek bottom near Ketchikan, Alaska THE FORESTS OF ALASKA By R, S. KELLOGG (Abstract of L'nited States Forest Service B'lli-tiii, \o. 8i.) MORE than one-third of Alaska's immense territory is yet but httle explored. The permanent pop- ulation at the present time is estimated at some 40,000 white and 25,000 na- tives; about half of the latter are Es- kimo in the region adjacent to Bering Sea and the Arctic Ocean. The most important product is gold, of which the outpvit in 1908 was valued at more than $19,000,000. Fisheries rank sec- ond, and the salmon packed in 1908 had a value in excess of $10,000,000. Most of the internal improvements of Alaska have been made by the War Department. The telegraph system is constructed and operated by the Signal Corps, with offices at all important points. Transmission depends not only upon cable and land lines, but on high- power wireless stations as well. Roads are built chiefly by the corps of engi- neers of the War Department. Rail- roads, except for short lines running out to a few mining camps, are utterly lacking, and the total railway mileage does not exceed 350. Alaska has miles of navigable rivers; without them most of the present development would have been impossible. On the coast of southeastern Alaska trees grow to large size: in the inte- rior the timber is much smaller. The higher mountain areas are completely above the timber line. The coast forests of southeastern and southern Alaska are nearly all included in the Tongass and Chugach national forests, which comprise acres, and a large proportion of this area is forested. In the coast region the stand is gen- erally dense, and as much as feet per acre has been estimated for con- siderable tracts. Sitka spruce probably 704. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of th
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