Forest Conditions in the Cascade Range, Washington, Between the Washington and Mount Rainier Forest Reserves |
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Abies amabilis Abies grandis Abies nobilis acres Alaska cedar altitude amounts of timber basin burns canyon Cascade Mountains CASCADE MOUNTAINS WASHINGTON Cascade Range cent About 25 central Washington Chiwawa Columbia River cultivation eastern slope Engelmann spruce Estimated B. M. feet B. M. fir Mertens hemlock fire FOREST CONDITIONS Fred G Green Canton Maywood growth irrigation Kachess Keechelus Lake Little Wenache Lodgepole pine logging lumber Map of Cascade Middle Fork miles Mount Rainier forest MOUNTAINS WASHINGTON Showing Nason Creek Noble fir North Fork Northern Pacific Railway Northern Railway Patton hemlock Peshastin Plummer PROFESSIONAL PAPER Proportions and amounts Rainier forest reserves red fir Red fir Mertens restocking Snoqualmie River Subalpine fir summit tamarack Teanaway Thuja plicata timber species tributaries Tsuga mertensiana U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL valley Washington and Mount Washington Forest Reserve watershed Wenache River White fir White River White-bark pine Total Yakima River Yakima watershed YELLOW-PINE ZONE
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Page 28 - The same is true of ^50 acres lying beween the mouth of the creek and the point where the railroad leaves the creek. The pass through which the railroad runs via Skeeney Creek contains some good pine timber, but much of the best has been culled for saw logs and cord wood. Large quantities of cord wood are shipped to the timberless areas of central Washington.
Page 6 - ... prepared by me for the Mount Rainier Forest Reserve, it shows a general lowering in altitude. The diagram made for the Mount Rainier Forest Reserve, with its average latitude of about 46° 30', shows an intermediary condition between the assignment just given for latitude 45° 30' and that which will now be given for latitude 47° 30'.
Page 37 - ... seemed to be almost untouched. The sheep were gathered in the ravines, browsing upon wild cherry, hazel, and vine maple. In the grazing areas there is very little underbrush except in the moist canyons and ravines, which are often inaccessible. At the high altitudes, such as the divides running clown from Mount Stuart, various alpine grasses are found which make very desirable feed.
Page 28 - ... inches in diameter and from 5 to 30 years in age. While this pine is an active reclaimer it is, unfortunately, short lived, and as a result the ground is sometimes covered to a depth of 4 feet with dead trees. These...
Page 26 - Teanaway, Swauk, Taneum, and the Naneum. By the accepted nomenclature the main Yakima River heads near Snoqualmie Pass and runs through Keechelus Lake; but the Clealum is the longer and larger stream. The Snoqualmie Pass wagon road follows up the main Yakima Valley, past Keechelus Lake and over the summit, on a route which has been traveled for forty years. Considering this the examinations show a remarkably small proportion of burned area as compared...
Page 27 - Taneum and all the favorable and accessible areas eastward, has been plentifully sheeped. The forests are generally open, with very little forest litter, and are well watered. The lower country is well and permanently settled by industrious people, who appreciate the value of every little stream which...