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...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...
...country, and these men brought back grapes and some wheat-like grasses." Leif called his new country Vineland. Next year he sailed west again from Greenland, passed "Helluland" (probably Baffin Land), "Markland" (probably Nova Scotia), and came again to Vineland where he collected a great cargo of grapes and timber which he took to Greenland...
...Lord Rutherford by King George III in pre-Revolutionary times, the tract was presented to LIFE Camps by anonymous donors. It abounds in deer, wild fruit and nuts, has a 40-acre lake (Mashi-pacong), is surrounded by 25,000 acres of State parks and forests. With stone and timber on the land, Dr. Sharp is building a village, erecting a year-round girls' camp and a centre where camp leaders will be trained to spread the Sharp camping plan farther afield...
...position to say whether this marks the end of the Harvard Forest or whether it can go on," he said. Years of experiments in conservation and efficient timber operation were wiped out at a stroke, and even if there is enough standing to warrant starting again, the cost of clearing the Forest would be around a prohibitive...
...fires that are likely to result from the accumulation of these huge piles of tinder will be of a spectacular variety which has never been seen in this part of the country, usually being confined to the great timber stands of the West coast, he said. They will be of the type known as "crown fires" where the flames shoot to a height of 500 feet, creating a mighty draught which throws burning brands half a mile ahead of the main blaze and makes it absolutely uncontrollable...