. Canadian forest industries July-December 1923. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. CANADA LUMBERMAN 57 nothing will be left. The area around the storehouse on Lake Pana- che was logged in 1908, and burned over shortly afterwards, to the edge of the standing timber. Today there is nothing on the area but a scattered growth of poplar here and there, with occasional patches, a few square rods in extent of fir, spruce and pine, in the hollows. The region between High Lake and Bear Lake is in the same condition. A fire absolutely destroys a
. Canadian forest industries July-December 1923. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. CANADA LUMBERMAN 57 nothing will be left. The area around the storehouse on Lake Pana- che was logged in 1908, and burned over shortly afterwards, to the edge of the standing timber. Today there is nothing on the area but a scattered growth of poplar here and there, with occasional patches, a few square rods in extent of fir, spruce and pine, in the hollows. The region between High Lake and Bear Lake is in the same condition. A fire absolutely destroys any possibility of a naturally regenerated commercial forest, and frequently any kind of forest. The Danger of Fire From Bush Two conditions exist on the logged-over tract which are of para- mount importance in indicating its future, first, the relatively small amount of pine left, and second, the large amount of brush left on the ground. The flact that the brush constitutes a grave fire danger has already been mentioned. The remaining forest cover is com- posed mostly of inferior trees of inferior species. A few possible seed bearing pines, less than 6 inches, , are left standing, but will probably be wind thrown or broken. There are also occasional mature spruce, hemlock, fir and cedar, which in places form small dense groups, these species not being cut, but forming only a very small part of the original stand. There are also specimens of yellow birch, black ash, poplar, elm and other hardwoods, which form, per- haps the most important part of the remaining mature trees. A striking feature of the remaining woods is the number of small balsam, hemlock, and spruce, which had existed as a suppressed understorey beneath the pine. The removal of the pine has caused very considerable damage to these trees, but there still remains a sufficient number to influence very appreciably the composition of the future stand, if they respond to their release from suppression. The pine
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