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Title: The forests of the United States
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Gannett, Henry, 1846-1914
Subjects: Forests and forestry
Publisher: Washington, Govt. print. off.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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MAP OK WESTERN WASHINGTON SHOWING DENSITY OF MERCHANTABLE TIMBER .„«!»»».> <9P i*3- 62. IYT) Gannett.) FORESTS OF WASHINGTON. 41 realizes the ernormous destructiou which takes place annually at thisseason. There are fires everywhere, and the smoke from them lies asdense as the fog on the New England coast for weeks at a time. These are impressive facts. In less than a generation more thantwo-fifths of the timber has been destroyed iu one of the richest timberregions on this continent, and of that destruction more than half hasbeen caused by fire. Nearly two years supply of lumber for the UnitedStates has thus been destroyed. Assuming that the timber thusdestroyed would, if standing now, have a value of 75 cents per thou-sand feet, it appears that not less than $30,000,000 worth has thus goneup in smoke—a dead loss to the people of the State. The distribution of the different species recognized as lumber inWashington is represented on Pis. V-VIII, and is seen to follow a

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