Archives

HF-ID: HFH-0676

Category: Visual Materials

Creator: Collingwood, G.H.

Date: May 11, 1925; May 12, 1925

Location: Tom Swamp Tract (Harvard Forest), TS IX

Media: Photographs

Contents:

5 black and white photos: S-4584-C, S-4585-C, S-4588-C, S-4589-C, S-4590-C - 5.25"7.5".

Keywords: shelterwood

Abstract:

TS IX, Adams-Fay Lot
Photos taken by G.H. Collingwood of the United States Forest Service.
S-4584-C. Even-aged stand of white pine after the first operation of a shelterwood cutting made 1924-25. Logs have been removed and slash burned. Scattering hardwoods cut into cordwood.
S-4585-C. Selection cutting as applied to a spruce forest, "Tom Swamp" Annex, Harvard Forest, Petersham, Mass. May 11, 1925.
S-4588-C. Clear cutting in strips in white pine and hemlock. The object of this is to determine if natural seeding from the surrounding trees will establish a satisfactory forest reproduction. After natural growth is well established on the open area, adjoining strips will be removed. The lumbering operation was carried on in the winter of 1924-25. May 12, 1925.
S-4589-C. Clear cutting in strips in white pine and hemlock. The object of this is to determine if natural seeding from the surrounding trees will establish a satisfactory forest reproduction. After natural growth is well established on the open area, adjoining strips will be removed. The lumbering operation was carried on in the winter of 1924-25.May 12, 1925.
S-4590-C. Clear cutting in strips in white pine and hemlock. The object of this is to determine if natural seeding from the surrounding trees will establish a satisfactory forest reproduction. After natural growth is well established on the open area, adjoining strips will be removed. The lumbering operation was carried on in the winter of 1924-25.

Related Items:

Archives Location: Historical Photographs Box 4, Tom Swamp IX, Clearcut

Access: Active

Administrative Notes:

Cutting operations; Adams-Fay Lot (TS IX)