Practical Forestry in the Pacific Northwest - Protecting Existing Forests and Growing New Ones, from the Standpoint of the Public and That of the Lumberman, with an Outline of Technical Methods

The Project Gutenberg eBook, Practical Forestry in the Pacific Northwest, by Edward Tyson Allen This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Practical Forestry in the Pacific Northwest Protecting Existing Forests and Growing New Ones, from the Standpoint of the Public and That of the Lumberman, with an Outline of Technical Methods Author: Edward Tyson Allen Release Date: June 25, 2006 [eBook #18680] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PRACTICAL FORESTRY IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST*** E-text prepared by Robert J. Hall PRACTICAL FORESTRY IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST PROTECTING EXISTING FORESTS AND GROWING NEW ONES, FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE PUBLIC AND THAT OF THE LUMBERMAN, WITH AN OUTLINE OF TECHNICAL METHODS. BY E. T. ALLEN Forester for the Western Forestry & Conservation Association (Formerly U. S. District Forester for Oregon, Washington and Alaska) ISSUED BY THE WESTERN FORESTRY & CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION Office of the Forester 421 YEON BUILDING, PORTLAND, OREGON. 1911 PREFACE WHAT THIS BOOK IS ABOUT AND WHY The object of this booklet is to present the elementary principles of forest conservation as they apply on the Pacific coast from Montana to California.