Word: forested
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Soon after the storm Shepard expressed doubt as to whether it would be possible to continue the long-range program of silviculture which the Forest has been carrying on since its institution 30 years...
...word has come from the University since then that the work of the Forest would be continued with its support. Final confirmation depends on the Corporation which is expected to act within the next two or three weeks...
Shepard described the situation of the Forest in a statement as follows...
...Harvard Forest has an indispensable educational and scientific task in helping to rehabilitate the hurricane-destroyed forests of central New England, to say nothing of continuing its long and distinguished contribution to American silviculture...
...continuance of the forest, however, was contingent on the University being able to finance the considerable operating cost of salvaging the down timber and on determining whether there was enough of the Forest left to furnish the basis for a long range experimental program. Neither of these essential facts was or could be known to me at the time of the interview; but since then, I am glad to say, both questions have been answered in the affirmative...