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Reports on forest management and research

• HF-ID: HF1938-18
• Category: Research Files
• Associated Person:
  • Bess, Henry A.
  • Campbell, William A.
  • Cline, Albert C.
  • Curtis, James D.
  • Goodell, Bertram C.
  • Gould, Virgil A.
  • Hosley, Neil W.
  • MacGregor, Arthur E.
  • Swain, Lewis C.

• Date: 1936 to 1938
• Location: Harvard Forest
• Media: Paper
• Contents:
  • Report on forest management (1 typewritten report and 1 carbon copy) and research and progress report (3 carbon copies). 1 file folder.

• Keywords: harvard forest history
• Abstract:
  • The Report on Forest Management and Research (May 1, 1936 - January 31, 1938) includes information about forest managment: cuttings, prunings, Black Brook thinnings, plantings, forest reinventory, road improvement work, and trails; and research: permanent sample plot work, forest protection (insect and disease control), moth studies, forest influences (including water-holding capacity), silvicultural managment plans for farm woodlands (Worcester County Land Use Study), and game management research.
  
  
  • The Progress Report covers silviculture and management topics: permanent sample plot work, cuttings, prunings, Black Brook thinnings, road improvement work, trails, plantings, forest reinventory, game management, and silvicultural records.

• Related Items:
  • Research file: HF1944-08 Research at the Harvard Forest

• Archives Location: Middle Room
• Access: Active