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Book The Stanislaus and Lake Tahoe Forest Reserves and Adjacent Territory

Download or read book The Stanislaus and Lake Tahoe Forest Reserves and Adjacent Territory written by George Bishop Sudworth and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Stanislaus and Lake Tahoe Forest Reserves and Adjacent Territory

Download or read book The Stanislaus and Lake Tahoe Forest Reserves and Adjacent Territory written by George Bishop Sudworth and published by Rarebooksclub.com. This book was released on 2009-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CXIII. B). The riving of shakes, which are a common substitute for shingles, is an old and important industry. A very large number of ordinary dwellings and other buildings throughout the region are roofed and a great many sided also with this material. The newer buildings of the larger towns, especially those near railroad commu nications, are roofed with sawed shingles, but prior to the advent of railroads in the foothill region, shakes were the only roofing material used. Hound mining timber and lagging are derived entirely from yellow and Jeffrey pine, while shakes are made almost entirely from sugar pine, yellow pine and white fir being seldom used. FOREST LAND. Seventy-five or X(i per cent of this region is more or less wooded. In traversing this area from the lowest to the highest timber line there are three natural divisions which can be made in the forest land. These are: First, a narrow belt of thinly stocked woodland, occupying the foothills and ranging from an elevation of about 500 feet up to about 2,000 feet; second, a broader, more or less dense and important belt of timber forest, extending from about 2,000 feet elevation up to 6.000 feet; third, a belt of open, less important timber forest, ranging from about 6,000 feet elevation up to 8,500 and 9,500 feet. These higher elevations represent the variation of timber line. For convenience these divisions may be termed the lower, middle, arid upper timber belts. The lower or foothill belt merges on the west into rolling grass lands with only very scattered tree growth, forming whore this practically disappears an irregular line running in a northwest-southeast direction. Tongues of the lower tree belt extend eastward into the middle belt, forming where they terminate an equally irregular line. The line of ...

Book Crow s Range

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  • Author : David Beesley
  • Publisher : University of Nevada Press
  • Release : 2008-12-15
  • ISBN : 0874176344
  • Pages : 448 pages

Download or read book Crow s Range written by David Beesley and published by University of Nevada Press. This book was released on 2008-12-15 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Muir called it the "Range of Light, the most divinely beautiful of all the mountain chains I’ve ever seen." The Sierra Nevada—a single unbroken mountain range stretching north to south over four hundred miles, best understood as a single ecosystem but embracing a number of environmental communities—has been the site of human activity for millennia. From the efforts of ancient Native Americans to encourage game animals by burning brush to create meadows to the burgeoning resort and residential development of the present, the Sierra has endured, and often suffered from, the efforts of humans to exploit its bountiful resources for their own benefit. Historian David Beesley examines the history of the Sierra Nevada from earliest times, beginning with a comprehensive discussion of the geologic development of the range and its various ecological communities. Using a wide range of sources, including the records of explorers and early settlers, scientific and government documents, and newspaper reports, Beesley offers a lively and informed account of the history, environmental challenges, and political controversies that lie behind the breathtaking scenery of the Sierra. Among the highlights are discussions of the impact of the Gold Rush and later mining efforts, as well as the supporting industries that mining spawned, including logging, grazing, water-resource development, market hunting, urbanization, and transportation; the politics and emotions surrounding the establishment of Yosemite and other state and national parks; the transformation of the Hetch Hetchy into a reservoir and the desertification of the once-lush Owens Valley; the roles of the Forest Service, Park Service, and other regulatory agencies; the consequences of the fateful commitment to wildfire suppression in Sierran forests; and the ever-growing impact of tourism and recreational use. Through Beesley’s wide-ranging discussion, John Muir’s "divinely beautiful" range is revealed in all its natural and economic complexity, a place that at the beginning of the twenty-first century is in grave danger of being loved to death. Available in hardcover and paperback.

Book Silvics of Forest Trees of the United States

Download or read book Silvics of Forest Trees of the United States written by United States. Forest Service. Division of Timber Management and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 772 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Annual Report of the Director of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior

Download or read book Annual Report of the Director of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior written by Geological Survey (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 958 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Sierra National Forest  N F    Kings River Project

Download or read book Sierra National Forest N F Kings River Project written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Agriculture Handbook

Download or read book Agriculture Handbook written by and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set includes revised editions of some issues.

Book Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey

Download or read book Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey written by and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 904 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey

Download or read book Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey written by Geological Survey (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 866 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book General Technical Report RMRS

Download or read book General Technical Report RMRS written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 842 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: