Forestry and community development . F-23I49A Fig. 2.—A Hillside Clear Cut for Acid Wood in Northern ruts down which the logs are dragged afford excellent opportunity for the starting of erosion. Bui. 638, U. S. D ept. of Agriculture. — Plate IV. tfc |k ~* ;\. •«*- . PFt* -.*^^ -- -^?— ? ~r~i * ^Nfe ^%m fe^^^SJK: IS?,*5i ^^^r^w^ fit —> ^^^^ W*0 ^?^m»-L- »?--^^: V ,? ~ ^ • -- &!*&; ... /flJ^ijuK: :.:- ~— ? |g»M fflHSi ^ ** TllTfliTMi ; Br** F-23II9A Fig. 1.—General View of a Pennsylvania Town, the Population of whichfor Many Years was About 600, But is now Only 40. The t
Forestry and community development . F-23I49A Fig. 2.—A Hillside Clear Cut for Acid Wood in Northern ruts down which the logs are dragged afford excellent opportunity for the starting of erosion. Bui. 638, U. S. D ept. of Agriculture. — Plate IV. tfc |k ~* ;\. •«*- . PFt* -.*^^ -- -^?— ? ~r~i * ^Nfe ^%m fe^^^SJK: IS?,*5i ^^^r^w^ fit —> ^^^^ W*0 ^?^m»-L- »?--^^: V ,? ~ ^ • -- &!*&; ... /flJ^ijuK: :.:- ~— ? |g»M fflHSi ^ ** TllTfliTMi ; Br** F-23II9A Fig. 1.—General View of a Pennsylvania Town, the Population of whichfor Many Years was About 600, But is now Only 40. The tannery, on which the prosperity of the town depended, is shown at the right of the VI Fiq. 2.—Another View of the Tannery, Showing more Clearly the Number ofDwellings by which it was Surrounded. All of these buildings, like many others in the town, are now abandoned. Property values havedepreciated materially with the departure of the forests. EOBESTB¥ AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. 9 growth. Obviously, such a program can not be continued indefinitely. A .few more decades will probably wit-ness the exhaustion of the bulk of the virgin forests of the countryexcept in the more inaccessible portions of the western States. In the meantime in many parts of the country local shortages instanding timber have already occurred, with the consequent neces-sity of importing lumber from a distance and at correspondinglyhigher prices. Many regions which once were blessed with inex-haustible forest resources and from which vast quantities of lumberhave been shipped now have to depend on other parts of the countryfor the bulk of their timber. Muskegon, Mich., formerly one of thelarg
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