Word: timbers
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...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...
With reports from all over this area bringing in news such as that of the New Hampshire State Forester that he had not seen a single pine tree standing between Concord and the southern state line, and with the fallen timber rapidly drying, National Guard units prepared to keep tourists out of the district and take all possible precautions...
...terrible fires could be avoided if October is a normally dry month. The extent of the havoc in this region can be judged from the fact that in the 2,300 acre Harvard reservation an estimated half to two-thirds of the old growth and much of the younger timber was felled by the wind, measuring from five to ten million board feet...
...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...