iii Nvw3Jtampstin
BIENNIALREPORT
of the
FORESTRYDIVISION
Concord, New Hampshire 1953 - 1954 j
3 5 5
7 8 8
11 19
26 21 24 24 32 29 30 30 33 34 41 42
43 60 60 48 53 61
64 65 68
68
72 78 81
1954
Commission
and
lVlaintenance
Building
Act
June)
Laws
1953
and -
1953
December)
Forecasts
DIVISION
CONTENTS -
COUNCIL
and
Protection
DIVISION
Forest
Reforestation
and
Conditions
OF Boards
Control
Taxation
Warehouse
Equipment
(July
Registrations Fire (January
AND
1952
Equipment
Recreation
Forests
and
and
Fire
in
Rust
Improvement Diseases and
Reservations
Mill
and
Appropriations
Program
TABLE
National
Stations
State
Forest
Cut
Season
Season
Advisory
Season
FORESTRY Personnel
and
Fighting and RECREATION
of
Forest
Fighting
Service
Nursery
Blister
of
Arborists
Station
Supply
Damage—1954
of
1953
1952
1954
Statistics
GOVERNOR THE
Communication
Fire Forestry
Division
THE
Fire
Forest
Forestry
Fire
Prevention
Weather
Insects Pine
Research Conservation
Mountain
Forests
Products
of
Forests
Forest
OF
TO
and
The Forestry
The The
OF
Protection
Forests
Central
Administration Review
Northeastern Training Lookout Fire Town
State Fire
Radio
Forest
Wood-Processing White Hurricane Management Forest
State
Town County White State District
Forest
Registered
Forest Forest Forestry
Forest
Public Revision
Private
Surveys
REPORT REPORT
REPORT To
herewith
30, the
prepared tion
WILLIAM
RUSSELL
The
His
1954.
two
and
and
State
Director
Forestry Excellency
Divisions
the
their
its
by
B.
H.
Forester
This
report
Honorable TOBEY,
the
MESSECK,
of
staffs.
consists
Recreation State
and
and
the
for
brief
Recreation
Forester REPORT
Governor
the
Council: JR.,
of
HARRY
RANDALL
JASON OWEN CHARLES
two
a
accounts
Forestry
record
fiscal
and
JOHNSON,
C. K.
Commission
E.
E.
SAWYER,
ROGERS,
Director
of of
years
GREENMAN,
SPALDING,
and
related
the
Recreation
ending
Commission.
activities
Chairman,
of
agencies
submits
Recrea
June
of i::z 1
CIE
Warren F. Hale, Assistant State Forester, 1927 - 1953. Clerk-Stenographer
Administration ministrative statistical tion fire
well’s he administration.
fire
D.
C.
Stock
still
E.
B.
service.
wardens chart
A
The
District
Eldridge
Cogswell
title
few
assists
Clerk
6 4 5 3 2 7 1 8
1A lB
district
work,
follows:
has
changes
Assistant
and in
Merrimack Rockingham Strafford, Sullivan Rockingharn Carroll Cheshire Coos Belknap Merrimack Hillsborough Belknap Grafton Belknap Sullivan, Coos
Mrs.
been
fire
payment Due
chiefs - -
deputies.
Counties
District
West
East
Shirley
prevention
were
and
FOREST Administrative -
changed
to
and
and
Fire
Grafton,
Coos
Everand
Everand
W. and
the
deal
State
Control made
Fire
R. of
H.
nature
Chamberlin
B.
Messeck, fire
FIRE
directly to
Chiefs
Forester
D.
F. M. J. G. T. R. H. S. E. R.
and
Diehi
Young
in
Assistant
Maintenance
bills,
Q. Young
J. J.
0. Goodhue Assistant R. B. W.
B. A.
the
of
training.
King Baker
Ricard SERVICE Chief
Buckley Hollis Smith
and
Chase Webber
Smith
Jr.
most
dispatching
with administration was
Lookouts
left
of
appointed
appointed
The
the
his
Mechanic,
Lakes
Maintenance
Fire
work,
4
No.
revised
service
Watchmen
and and
Control .
W. Lookout
G.
Patrolman
4
2 3
2 4 of 3 2 1 3
to
aftTll
town Conn. H.
H.
Turner
to
the
cover
organiza
although Right
and
C. assist
Mechanics
Assistant
forest
forest
Hart-
Ad
the
in toi ou of
ch lal th MAP OF FIRE DISTRICTS A in
c€
in ca m in 1o TI pa + a pr ca tic du in in fo: su ar m th of in, ho j
touch
of thoughts out latest ciations A ing
and new
The of
Central in
ment ing capital
tically loading There pressor, partially a for cars. installed. supply dust the in mack ing arranged
hose of
parts simplification
fire
the
Concord
with land
on to
had
main Frequent office The
paints, difficult
additional The
problems A
from
with
and
drying
developments
incidence
staff. all inspection County
are
The
nearly
controlled
funds,
room, and
Supply
with
room.
cement
a platform, a
administrative town
of
divided
floor district
time.
a
for
two
the
gas all
clear
The heating
those was
supply oils,
Federation
fires
rack
plenty
new
districts.
Blister District attendance
coal-fired and resource
benches
large
pump and to
storage
and
roofed
There
and
blocks
of
purchased
floor
tires,
of
in
the
chiefs
REPORT who
be
blowers.
steel
and
greatly
save
depot the
a
system
sawmills
the
Warehouse
of
as
fluctuations
doors
Rust
used and interior
wash
area
Chief
room actually
lumber, was
improving
well portion
to facilities built method and sheets
summers
meetings
staff
heat. and Daily
boiler,
for
OF
tank
at
add
mapper.
at increased
as
was
of
on
also concrete
and
as
for
King the
lookout
After has is
for
the
each FORESTRY
of
a
for
special
4,000
October 360 The able
and
of keeping
an
etc. handle
a
of
Building
future
the central
a
of
various saved
for
of
the
toilet maintenance
keep
stoker-fed
Districts
the
the
of
oil end.
heavy keeping
one
the
sq.
building
1952
a
through
main
A
block
sq.
the fire
men
District Bins work
burner
fire
floor
loading heating
the
many
ft. partition needs. the
fire
DIVISION
room,
year’s 21,
the
warehouse
ft.
When
forest work
and
equipment,
duty
weather
floor
and
additional
members
building
were
1,
fire
build-up
drain
rooms
records
plus 1952
office
stands boiler
radio
hours
and
2
1953
No.
service. platform
system experience and
load close
and Plans floor
into
work
acquired,
fire
was
rearranged
a
for
area supply
2
informed
and reports to
presented
with partially-roofed
of
off
on 4
a
warden’s
two
and of
for
and
index.
advised
watch
lift
built
an
in
were keep $35,000
call storage
district
boiler
of
a Ferry
for
and
office
the This
fire was
thermosta work
offices
4-acre
indoor
the
with
tank
the
partitions
for
to
with are
washing
in
revised.
is
report
towns.
of
of
equip
Merri Street
in
closed
build divide
many
room.
build
close office.
space chief space
asso
kept from
were time
com sent
the the and
plot
the
the
fire
7 h C 1 c c
U f
U d 0
J ti U b ti t] p
N C Si
: II ii n c t(
L
A
in
of
on
Fire
dry
was
with with
rela
were from
27th. 7.21 29th,
Ware 10.45
76.16
Smok
rest
Per
150.00 137.76
Control
by
General stopped
thunder October
reduced
$132.32
build-up
dry
northern
inventory was only the
a
Av.
the
on
“No
areas,
in
declared
Fire Damage
on
and completed
all Cogswell.
light
chief.
October
declared 12.
state.
with
of
inventoried
rains
ban
hot
on showers on
ban
2,843 4,364
was
followed
during
72,292 weather 63,649 Page 42,347
effectively Total
central was
the
$55,428
hot Clerk
permitted original
closure
district
this
thus
of COMMISSION state
heavy 9th,
was
scattered
LOSS
and state
heavy
check
the
and Report.
of
Fires”
were
by
Stock
Fire
the
each a
to
part property continued
the 31)
and
woods
but
smoking
FIRE
6.5 1.5 2.1 9.1 of
south
(Acres)
by
Per
14.5 15.4 slips. clear
September
responsibility of
fires
I Biejinial
hazard
Open
property
on
lifting
October
ended
full under
Light state
19th
for
Av. the
keeps rest
state,
the
a RECREATION
central
fire
part
No
were
fire
in the
weather
ban
on all 2949-50 2nd.
Burned
Table
the
of
ANNUAL
outside
by December July — the
A
transfer the se
of AND
hazard
579 924 signed
The chief.
July
Area
of —
on under
system in
supplies
Total
and
6,962 6,446 5,043 3,008
and heavy
forest
1 years
and
of
is
Conditions
5th.
southern
lists
the
rain
6th slight
occurred
build-up
permitted
most
28th All
Smoking
AVERAGE
September followed
a
lists
earlier north.
district
while the
Fires days
(July
Fire
inventory FORESTRY
and of
419 556 605 480 462 272
the
on
of
in
light over
especially
the
district the frost H. August was
“No ten
Reported
with north
on
August 11th,
A
general 1953.
No. in
of
equipment N.
A
Forest
stock-keeping
Season
Right to statistics
rains
into
first
the
of
purchase until
24th
the
danger
of
complete
light danger
light
fire
Heavy
in
Records
normal
on
snowfall
County
18th a
A
The
1952
fall
years) detailed
years)
fire
month.
heavy
fire
12-1954 (43 (10
8
1941-1950 19 1951 1952 1953
Period 1954 *For
compiled
the Assistant house complete of only Stock Review
The rains permission through rather July
showers October by 3rd. the Coos the weather. tively after Rains ing the
from lower July County Oct. 1952.
Nov.
The
in the July covered burned, the working favorable. ing cliffs pumps was stopped men mountain. were control over dered telephones ing cut
Date
New —
fire
the
and
24 23
23 bottom 25 27 17 duff 24 There 27 27 Fire
established water A
November
2 17th 3
the 2 2 recruited and
passable
No
counties
for
Some
lightning
carried
lookouts
season.
lines
Hampshire
Peiham
Epping Randolph Franklin Candia-Deerfield Sutton Fitzwilliam Success Nottingham Epsom
Peterborough Gilford
was Brookline
east slides dug
on in
crews
that
heads
Open
rocky
Town
days
proved
were
had Success
covered
and On the
Then
along a
of
face
effected
had
wide carried
only
water
Fires”
risking
10th were
throughout
and
August
shelves. these
around
of
to
upper
were
buried
strike
a
REPORT
to
of
men
places
fire
accumulated
Township
history.
be number
the
part then
to
fire
be
Bald
closed the
follow:
ban
although
closed
20th,
masses
their Acres
packed
edge.
250
fighters
4th that the
could area
fire one 40 40 84
58 30 line
way
4 8 broke 5
A 5
8 5
whole 6
OF
where
was
Cap
top
it
the
thick
of since
that
lives of
first from
The
with
FORESTRY and
on
broke
up
work
in
of
On
edge. rather in. the
out Mountain
and
whole
length
at
man for
October
the
effect
east growth
there burned burning showed
rains
on
hand
August
November
Lumbering Lightning Railroad From Dump Logging Smoking Railroad Smoking Lumbering Smoking Incendiary Smoking
most
great when
around
A
burned
on
centuries. the
mountain
could
face Believed
A
large
Cause
northern on DIVISION
of until
complete
was
tools.
the
Massachusetts
hose
cliffs,
stubborn
of
for
31st,
weather this
up the
in
effort. trees,
18th,
is
not
spruce the
a
November
edge across
Success
and
very on months.
Incendiary 16th
line
limited
5th
line.
As the
all those
reach.
south
duff
In the
a
part
network
difficult
with
bulldozed Large of food to
steep
and
conditions and
and
re-burn fire
the
spite
The
steep
Township
in
and
the
10th.
use
line
of
17th
10th.
10
kept
fir
costly
A
As
and top
the
with
fire
the
crews
of
of
rocks
fire relaying
grew 70,338.42
fire
but
fires
of
spruce-
the
3,866.76
1,538.30
flashed
$217.69
ended
of
drink Cost
south
479.08 624.24 flank
520.11 820.86 radio. 222.05 815.47 354.70
500.00 145.79
hard
roads
smol
Coos
were
state
high
The
fires
field
was
line
and
fire
the
on
on in
to
of
9 10 N. H. FORESTRY AND RECREATION COMMISSION
A fire camp was set up with rented and borrowed equipment pro viding rough shelter and furnishing plenty of food for the men who stayed on the fire. The pump relay alone required 25 to 30 men, including pump operators, telephone men, packers, mechanics and hose movers, and these men worked long hours since there were none to replace them. Soldiers from Camp Dodge in Pinkham
Fire break on North Baldca Mt., Success, N. H., August 9, 1952
Notch and the University of New Hampshire forestry students from Passaconaway performed well when the going was heavy. The Brown Company moved in whole camp crews with their chain saws by busses from 80 miles north. The Franconia Paper Com pany in Lincoln sent a crew that “stayed with” the fire for days. Pump men were recruited all over the state. Three district chiefs and one assistant were constantly on hand and special deputies worked long hours in supervisory jobs. Pumps ran night and day for weeks and breakdowns were inevitable. Pumps from all over the northern end of the state were sent in to keep the water moving. A Brown Company trailer unit pumped water for a week until it broke down. Much hand equip- REPORT OF FORESTRY DIVISION 11
ment and hose were lost but no one was seriously hurt. The fire o was held to 84 acres in an area, where, if allowed to get out of hand, it could have burned the whole mountain range. This fire d showed the need for more power pumps and hose, and for camp e equipment to keep a crew constantly on the fire and eliminate ex n tensive travel costs, and for training of more supervisory personnel to relieve the load on a few. Since men were paid from the time they left their town until their return, much of the labor cost was consumed in travel time pointing up the need for establishment of a fire camp.
SUCCESS FIRE COSTS Labor $29,593.99 Mileage 914.11 Repairs to Equipment 1,140.62 Supplies 2,032.02 Rentals 1,902.13 Food 2,641.49 Gas and Oil 909.48 Telephone 32.98 Total $37,162.62
The 1953 Fire Season (January 1 — December 31) Following a comparatively mild and short winter with light snowfalls, the first grass fire opened the season on February 19th. From then until March 24th grass fires were common, with woods fires becoming frequent from mid-March on. The worst days were March 7th, 11th, 22nd and 23rd. On March 12th, a Chichester man lost his life fighting a grass fire. Most fires reported in this period started from brush or rubbish fires, railroads and careless smokers. The greatest threat of these fires was to buildings. The rains on March 24th continued with only brief periods of Li a few dry days until May 3rd. It was generally cool with a heavy e wet snow on April 13th and 14th and snow in the north on April 20th, which remained until the first week in May. Federal Hill and Jeremy Hill lookouts were open on a day to day basis from March 2nd and 3rd respectively and Oak Hill from March 18th. s All stations were manned on April 1st or soon after, the northern s lookout men working on telephone lines during the wet periods. During occasional short dry periods fires occurred with increasing e frequency until May 11th when 11 fires were reported. Following e a wet spell, 7 fires were reported on May 24th that burned 35 acres. t High fire danger occurred again from June 1st to 3rd with 24 fires reported, many in the north country. Most were held to a fraction b h a b
b OJ a J fi p
f W
W T c N ii. qi
ti 11 w ai gi
Lu le rc tr
I
in
in
in
fire
and 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
and 0.00
fires high
July
tree 50.00 15.00
state
clear least
down small areas
many rains. $10.00
acres 378.00
a caused Damage
woods, fires
difficult 20,286.00 15,020.00
12
188
the 19th strike
and
28th
very the
lightning-
in
worst control
140
and
following:
to
The small
local
mention.
such
to was
danger 51
4
the
over strikes
or
the June
were
June
13th)
remained
All
strike 422.04 Forest 380.59 Cost
the
and
all,
fell.
all
on 1,296.79 burned 8,434.05 5,711.78 3,929.70 4,883.46 1,396.73
on S. $2,927.95 lightning Service
when heavy
acre normally
efforts
special
23rd-27th 104,775.57 152,814.69
In hand. Suppression
were
occurred,
a
caused U.
rain kept
and
fire. is
and
deep
an COMMISSION
at
all
days
lightning
of
by
weather
generally
with
20th-July
of
closed
June Line
lot
7th
more
lightning
work
slash
rains hot
near week.
deserve
what
and
cause
the
mid-June inch or
Cause by
in
burned
July
were resisted Lightning Lightning Lightning Lightning Lightning Railroad Incendiary Lightning Lightning slash Unknown Lightning
(June Power
in
being
caused
an
and
not
and light
It
or
next
light
fraction
on 5 6 5 7
record RECREATION
acres 10 75 25 10 25 Area
during
a
did 237 240
storms
was
few over
the
5
caused
large 1,554 1,570
widespread which
to
very suppression
period
Temperatures
A
AND a
rapidly
season
County,
periods
spruce
Pond.
north
that
plentiful
This
in
Fire
when
fires
was
this
1947.
held fire Shnw
were
the during
Bog
burned
Following
Coos
occurred
was Pond
lightning worst
daily.
later
areas. Mt.
in
of
23rd
the up 13th
or
required
mounted
since FORESTRY
were Purchase-
Pond.
mountain Bog
of the
the
fires
During
rainfall
problem Location-
water H. Resolution Webster
small
July
edge in
June
lifted
found
that
winds.
task Town northern
9th. N.
or areas
part
stages,
the Moultonboro
reported Grantham Mt. Mt.
showed
but on
danger The
the
these Middleton-Milton Millsfield Lincoln, Milan Deerfield Tuftonboro-Mt. Acworth Hart’s
was Enfield-Cornish- Sargent’s Newmarket
until
13th. Rochester
fires
were
for
at
out —
strikes thunderstorms
of out
acre
reported,
June
drying 3
that
were
Fire 23 23 22 24 25 26 24 27
Following 27 28 28
dry
6
initial ban
Lincoln-Bog Middleton-Milton.
July
an
put Date
of
until 12 20th fires Generally with
fires caused strikes hardwood but on except suppression and were 3rd-Gth. the
the June
hazardous Some
spruce to broke July -- REPORT OF FORESTRY DIVISION 13
before it was stopped at a road. The next day it broke out across the road and burned practically all of the slash area until it reached the green timber when it was easily stopped. This fire exhibited high resistance to control and persistence in the duff and slash. Milisfield. Another lightning fire in a bad area was stopped by exceptionally fast and thorough work. Moultonboro 240 A.-Tuftonboro 1554 A. A lightning strike in spruce high up on Mt. Shaw first showed up as a fire on June 23rd. The fire was reached late on June 24th by two men who then came out for more help. A small crew worked on the one-acre fire but could not control it when it blew to 4i/ acres. This was arrested by a shower in the early afternoon. A road was bulldozed to the foot of the mountain and crews were beginning to come in on June 27th when the fire blew up before a strong northwest wind and continued down the ridge until late that evening. This fire stopped only when it reached the hardwood. On the 28th it burned northward and on the 30th burned over Canaan Mountain. The fire continued to burn at the head of White Brook until the lines were joined on July 9th. A loan from the Maine Forest Service under the Northeastern Forest Fire Protection Commission of 15 pumps and 3,500 feet of hose on July 29th augmented 45,000 feet of hose and 20 pumps from the towns and state. Fire headquarters were set up in the Highway Garage in Ossipee. Radio at the head quarters and on Mt. Shaw kept in touch with the various sectors, while miles of telephone lines served pump lines and access routes. The National Guard helped with communications and transporta tion. The 300-man unit of Army personnel from Camp Devens came in on July 6th and stayed until July 13th. Men from the Naval Prison worked on the fire for a week. These forces helped the hundreds of fire fighters recruited from Carroll, Strafford, Bel knap and Merrimack Counties who worked around the clock to get the fire under control, hold it and extinguish it. Miles of fire line were hand cut and hand dug. Other miles were smashed out with bulldozers while much of the line bordering hardwood types ‘was soaked from long hose lines, some with six and ten pump relays. After the rains on the 13th, patrols continued for weeks while a tremendous amount of hose, pumps and tools was brought out and sent to Concord for cleaning and repair. District fire chiefs and special deputies from 6 districts worked on this fire. Hart’s Location-Mt. Webster. This lightning fire on the high ledges above Crawford Notch was first noted on June 25th and was reached at 3 :30 A. M. on June 28th. It was fought on the ledges
— — L---—-. 14 N. H. FORESTRY AND RECREATION COMMISSION where recruited until used trail July being
could Mountain
from fire, ganization cated bulldozed established established
Grantham
2nd.
on from
it it
handled
Sullivan be
in
it
blew broke
this
thick
burned Fire
located.
from
in
the
The
and
set
fire
inside
in
Corbin
up
on
out
spruce
and
head
jointly
County
fire
up fire
upper
the Grantham
although
and
some
REPORT at
Plainfield.
to
Corbin
It
White
lines was
of Park
4
the
on
showed handle
by
:00
Grafton
22
towns
the
declared
the
cut
men Brook
Districts
a
OF
acres
P. on
Park
notch line
with
mountain
and
M.
June FORESTRY
the
was
had
up
A Sector.
County
of
before
in
June
smoke
cleared
a
out
again
as
fire.
4
hose
rapidly to
25th
Plainfield.
west
and
a
14t.
on
retreat
top.
28th
safety
the
and
and DIVISION
was
The
on
Sham July
but
7.
at
side
recruited
June
line
As and
pumps the
reported
Coos
disappeared
fire
for
Fire,
10th.
measure.
sector
the
Access
fire
was
flashed
27th headquarters
their
County,
July
men
was
edge.
No
completed
and
on
headquarters
and 1953
T
lives.
routes
reached
laid
water to
Grantham
Help
before
a
the
the
The
was
fire up
Help
were
was
was
top
fire the
was
fire
the
on lo
15
or
it 1
to
of
the
did
use
this
July and
hose
men
Fort
Mer con
pond
from burn Pond Corn- their
from June
state
Force
under
These trans
made
It
to a
district
several
of
pumped
top
services. on
from share
direction
provided
this
the
Air
until 11/8”
from
reproduc
1948
burden
was
men
own
six
for
use
Chase or
started
getting
Maine,
was relays
of
16th.
After
hose old
The
transportation
Cheshire,
in
men
pine
100
in when
The
under
fire,
ft. town’s Protection located.
critical
of their
that
from
valuable
appeal
the
July
mountain
authorized
declared
359
and
Water
be
financial
and
and
ft. the
a
in
occupied year.
this an Bangor, to
dangerous Fire
well
a
helpful COMMISSION 17th.
supervised
very
11,000 on at
was
not
strike provided water Sullivan,
crews.
pumped and
fire,
became
slash
3rd
2nd
Counties.
Base
area
acres
29th.
providing
34,000
July
was
Forest
sent
old
the
During
President Base
day
75
from
furnished
worked could previous
July town July
this
It
Gregg
Guard
of a
crews July
districts
of water
remained
Force
6 and
becoming
brought
until
especially on
The
lightning
Grafton
performed the
and
six
and
RECREATION
Force
line. by
fire
from
from Army
Air
and
until
burned acres
line with
26th.
north was
start
the
$6,000
aid. recruited
Air
2nd
pumps
fire
AND
Gregg the 25
from from
stop
rapidly
National
lower
fire
Governor
Problems
out
the
Northeastern hose
in
21
for Group
June
self-sustaining,
was
Massachusetts
over
miles
spruce the
from
fighters
Grenier and
Dow
fast
and
The June
wagons
were
recruiting
the
fire of
remained funds
the
a
McKetchum
from
on
2I/”
1’/
on
the
fire
until
A
Help
of deputies
railroad to
a
Governor FORESTRY
from
from 16th,
up
fires
in
rate
drowned
away.
Smoke
communications
Col.
power H. under Manpower
crews by
up
exceeded.
seen
kept
bosses.
Pond
This
again reserve
Eisenhower
men
completely the
July
the
Lt.
N.
augment
state.
special
and
dry until assistance.
and
of
to Lake. problem at
and was up
brought
first
Lily Hilisborough drive
to
Quartermasters
221
called
farther
Patrol
to
Anderson
pumps
sector
and Also
and
were
persistent
7th
under in
5
equipment
The
communication was
was
Milan.
bills
Acworth. Newmarket.
flare
state
from
our
Milan
mile
President
16 25th. was
a began and in
mission
Major towns sent rimack, July
Devens of men portation and They 4-wheel chiefs and
days. in fire persisted Crescent technical
not
Financial tion 30th.
$151,000
the
fire ference
to REPORT OF FORESTRY DIVISION 17
a major disaster area and made available $50,000 with a promise of more, and ordered 300 soldiers from Camp Devens. Later 225 [ men from Grenier Air Force Base and 100 men from Dow Air Force Base in Bangor, Maine, were assigned to fire duty. These two groups arrived at the Grantham fire on July 3rd and July 7th. Another 300-man group from Fort Devens arrived on the Mt. Shaw fire on July 6th. The total federal aid in cash received amounted to $149,933.17. The Army units were self-sustaining and worked at no cost to the state. Governor Gregg obtained the use of 250 naval men from the Portsmouth Navy Yard. Local men were still needed to supervise and operate the pumps but this help saved the state tens of thousands of dollars. The total suppression cost of the 1953 fires amounted to $398,659.82 of which the towns’ share was $98,417.16. Many towns had to wait until April, 1954, for their total reimbursement which placed a burden on the towns. This indicated the need of a change in the state laws governing the source of funds for sup pression costs. A comparison of the costs of the two difficult fires points up several other needs.
Mt. Shaw Fire Grantham Mt. Fire Labor $74,390.65 71% $110,026.50 72% Expendable Supplies 5,238.78 5% 7,640.73 5Yc Food 5,762.66 5½ (/ 6,112.59 4% Transportation 6,810.41 6½ % 8,404.81 51/2 % Rental of Equipment 9,429.80 9% 19,101.83 121/2 (/() Repair of Equipment 3,143.27 3% 1,528.15 1% $104,775.57 100% $152,814.69 100% On the large fires the daily turnover of fire crews was costly in transportation and in lost labor on actual suppression, since the men were paid from the time they left their towns. If fire fighters could be housed in a camp near the fire this loss would be nearly eliminated and smaller experienced crews working on shifts would shorten the time for control and mop-up. More state equipment would cut down some of the rental charges. One and one-half inch hose, pumps and four-wheel drive vehicles are especially needed. Aluminum pipe could be substituted for 2½” fire hose borrowed from fire companies which was used on these fires to bring the water to the base of the mountain. Following the lifting of the woods ban on July 13th, the fire season continued normal with an increase of lightning fires on July 20th. After a period of showers the danger again built up to end on August 4th with state-wide heavy rains. During the period July 13th to September 4th, 160 fires were reported; few a
of
25
60
re
the the
dur
care
from
Barn-
Many
1953 on
fanned
and burned
Boulder
by
acres
Notch
were
in
controlled
November
burned
31st closed
that
closed
manned
100
Francestown
chiefs
in
fires
Glen
Mt..T1y
was
in
line
fire started
burned July Temple,
33
Counties.
a
the
were
Pinkham
thorn on
in
fire
burned
district
on
which
deputies
slash
A
remainder
when
occurred Coos
COMMISSION
burned
Gras
Mt.
fir
wind
the
of
started
of
that Above
the
counties
of
and
acres
high
Side
period
Special
with
Massachusetts
and
acres
October
strikes.
Kidder
A
dump
area
smoker
Monadnock
in
dry
West
the RECREATION
on
Ten 31st
an
Grafton
southern
Twelve
on
fight.
Mt.
worked
in
AND
Allenstown.
again
over
of
lightning
careless
acres
Line
days.
three in
occurred. Another
A
burned
October
Tuftonboro
50
side
Pire
from
the
fires
expensive four
readings otherwise
the
starting
mounted
FORESTRY
east
woodlands.
in
26th.
Hill
hikers
burned
closed
in
Cutting
first
H.
burned and to
in long
fire
Ipswich.
the
and
by
a
a
N.
danger
on
the
danger
slash
Crew
persistent
23rd
New
acres
in
starting
lookouts
of
and
or
in
after
high
smokers Fire
10
Woodlands
started
acres
Force
flowage
the
fire
Air
large
18 a and old acres less fire Trail. ported
160 acres
stead only
headquarters October
fires. of
with ing
9th. ten rain December the
lightning
lands fires
small, or Red mentioned; The
and The cost and
light Hill through of 24 Grass Job
March period
grass; few fires.
tripled
the
grass
months the
spruce,
While
was
The individuals total and
Air Lookouts but the
1954 Cross,
January
fires.
The accumulation
The
of
fires
as
others
were:
April
Frequent
27th
next
April April April April April May April April
April May April May
only
April. state
Force Oak
poorly
$59,550. fires
well busiest fires
Date
cost worst
Spring
and
ground but
were
the
instead
Civil
fir
to
and
six
22 20-22 22 21 10 22 24 26 29 by Hill
5,470
and
occurred
were
to 2 and 1 as accounted
1 1 for
this
fires and
total
personnel.
in distributed
days
reported
Some
April
Air
days.
the
fire
persistent North Pembroke Madbury-Lee Londonderry Merrimack-Nashua Hudson Brookline Franklin Fire Newington Peiham Merrimack Strafford
rains
28th.
REPORT
Lookouts
February had prompt
food
Town
towns
of
must
of slash
with
This occurred
opened acres
rainfall
Patrol state
were
snow
season
the
Season
of
1st.
Hampton
no
across
during
and
Milan
Fire be 34 the
acreage
areas.
for
on
burned,
half OF
usual
and
action
appreciable
so April
on in were
and Without
fires
added Thirty-one
February and
services;
larger
were
since
62
up FORESTRY
was
that
danger
the summer
March
a
towns
May
Hill
%
71/
hard
to
other
million
and
9th
occupied The
on
could with
southern fields
11.33
comparatively
of
substantial
forest 1947
the
Lookout
to
and
this
the
and
April
the
in mounted
2nd. work
also, ground
25th
public
storms.
8
grass
estimated
end
DIVISION
snow
were
easily fire
inches
dollars
gave
months.
many
June Acres
fires burned
aid
10th
on
25
and
21 20 50 10
23 over
10 29th
part
to
of
On
6 7 5 7
8
bills
fires
bare closed
March
the
cover and
was
occurring
the contributions hold
us
with Brush
Rubbish Flower Rubbish Campfire have Federal Grass Smoking Burning Brush Burning Smokers Burning
prevented
and
March
fires above
It
or to
1,200
of
Cause
has area.
damage
mild
were fires
a
in
private
was year.
bare Three
May
the more.
the
continued
46 record at
burning
on
burning late 23rd burning
been to
pickers
already
burning burning
Army, normal, debris
brush brush
7th
very
would with
state. the
fires,
reported
and
large
keep
for November
1st
during
February.
of
and
to
all
agencies
doubled and
end
Jeremy
with of
the nearly
by
dry
only
forest
mostly
Navy them
fires. but
been
have
most
Blue
high
749
8th, the
this
the
19
66
of
in
on
30
a
a
easa
fl flr.-ne.n ‘TI
*1 $106.23 $64,274.92 $7.21 $4,364.00 1.52 924 605 1954
z
$697.40 $387,759.08 $76.16 $42,347.00 9.07 5,043 556 1953 Total State
0
H
54.10 1,514.98 3.21 90.00
.39 0) 11 28 1954
C’,
5,386.14 150,811.99 545.92
57.35 15,286.00 1,606 28 1953 Sullivan
H
73.39 6.30 3,376.03 290.00 3.15 145 46 1954
347.98 9,047.48 3.84 100.00 16.42 427 26 1953 Stratford
0 72.51 5,728.64 11.64 920.00
1.27 101 79 1954
C-)
125.45 8.30 11,667.26 3.79 772.00 353 93 1953 Rockingham
63.84 6,065.25 4.60 437.00 1.05 100 95 1954
79.25 7,053.29 0
22.19
1,975.00 3.82 340 89 1953 Merrimack
H
72.81 10,848.71 11.66 1,737.00 1.27 190 149 1954
58.56
7,964.71 10.02 1,363.00 2.06 281 136 1953 Hillsborongh
5’
38.97 1,987.86 3.13 160.00 .54 28 51 1954
155.56 3,577.98 1.30 C)
.87 30.00 20 23 1953 Grafton
1’i
101.76 11.00 1,526.47 .66 165.00 10 15 1954
3,881.07 77,621.46 97.00 1,940.00 1.90 38 20 1953 Coos
373.30 6.87 23,891.20 440.00 2.98 191 64 1954
62.12 4,224.52 .95 65.00 1.13 77 68 1953 Cheshire
226.50 7,474.66 1.51 50.00 3.78 125 33 1954
3,406.35 112,409.52 622.30 20,536.00 55.15 1,820 33 1953 Carroll
41.35 1,861.12 1.66 75.00 .51 23 45 1954 -3
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$84.52 $3,380.87 $7.00 $280.00 2.00 81 40 1953 Belknap
0
Ar. Fire per Fire Total
per Ar. Total Fire per Ar. Total No. Fires of Year County
“1
Fire of Fighting Cost Damage (Acres) Burned Area
p
Fires) Railroad of (Exclusive
1954 1953 AND YEARS FISCAL COUNTIES FOR BY RECORD FIRE
2 Table
0 1-nI REPORT OF FORESTRY DIVISION 21 Fire Prevention Two programs helped very materially in the prevention of forest fires in the last two years. One of these was the educational appeal through the Smokey-the-Bear program and the second was checking up on all smokes observed by the lookouts. Smokey-the-Bear. prevention program is nation-wide and has a wide appeal helped by the use of colorful posters, television, radio, movies, blotters, bookmarks, songs, and various commercial articles designed primarily to appeal to children. The Commis sion provided a life-size talking “Smokey” complete with remote control sound, that has been exhibited at all the county fairs and at various schools and gatherings where fire prevention was pro moted. Since the operator can talk to his audience through “Smokey” its appeal is limited only by the versatility of the man with the microphone. This program is capable of expansion in the schools depending on the amount of time the staff can devote to it. Checking on all smokes resulted in cutting down the number of persons burning without a permit. Since the cost of a check-up by the warden was charged against the offender there were few repeaters and the publicity received acted as a deterrent to others thinking of doing the same. However, with an increasing number of people building out into rural wooded areas, this program con stantly picked up new offenders. Many times a warning of the danger was sufficient. The populated Merrimack Valley had the greatest number of these fires. Large roadside signs constantly alerted the public to the changes in fire danger; additional metal roadside signs warned of the dangers of not using the ashtray or putting out campfires. The roadside fire danger signs were painted to restore their freshness and appeal. Thousands of special posters were distributed to trouble spots by the wardens. Two forest fire warden associations - sponsored fire prevention poster contests which reached practically all schools in their counties. The Federation of Forest Fire War den Associations purchased for resale to members and others 2,000 metal car signs with the “Keep New Hampshire Green” label. The metal roadside signs were installed at their suggestion. This voluntary effort by our volunteer fire fighting force was augmented by individual effort in law enforcement, and advertising in the local newspapers local fire regulations and fire dangers. - 22 N. H. FORESTRY AND RECREATION COMMISSION Table 3
TOTAL NUMBER OF FOREST FIRES, AREA AND DAMAGE BY CAUSES For Fiscal Years 1953 and 1954
Percent Total Percent Total Percent Total Causes No. of Fires Forest Area Burned Damage
Railroads 6.5 3.1 1.5 Smokers 28.0 12.1 7.1 Debris Burning 23.9 9.9 5.1 Miscellaneous 16.9 7.7 3.1 Lumbering 2.0 3.7 2.2 Incendiary 5.0 1.1 1.4 Lightning 7.1 59.7 78.8 Campfire 3.5 .9 .1 Unknown 7.1 1.8 .7 Totals 100.0 100.0 100.0
One phase of prevention work that is now routine but con sumed much of the district chiefs’ time and effort was the enforce ment of the slash and sawmill clean-up laws. Many miles of road side cuttings were inspected repeatedly until the required clean up was completed. On complaint of abutting land owners, miles of boundary line slash were disposed of. Occasionally it was neces sary to resort to legal action to secure compliance. There was no doubt that this work paid off in saving the towns and state thousands of dollars in fire fighting costs. The effectiveness of restriction on the use of fire and woodland closures during times of high hazard was proved again during the biennium. A total of 53 days of restrictions on use of fire and 22 days of wood closure helped in fire prevention when every effort was being made to control fires. Statements through the news agencies and broadcasts on the radio during high hazard times also were important in warning the public of the danger. Fire pre vention education paid dividends on the expenses for printed mat ter, films, signs, and costs of attending meetings. One fire prevention effort that was most successful was an attack on the problem of the town dump. As a result of the state wide survey conducted by the district chiefs in 1952 the hazard of the town dump as a cause of forest fires has been practically elimi nated. The recommendations resulting from the survey were published as an illustrated booklet in 1953 entitled “The Community Dump.” This booklet, the first of its kind in the country on this subject, has had a wide demand from those interested in this municipal problem. REPORT OF FORESTRY DIVISION 23
Rates of Pay for Fire Fighting — Approved 1954 JSES The Commission approved the following rates of pay as the maximum in each category that would be shared equally with the towns: Total Wardens $1.50 per hour Deputy Wardens 1.25 per hour Special Deputy Wardens 1.50 per hour Firemen (Town and City Fire Dept.) 1.10 per hour Special Equipment Operators 1.10 per hour Timekeepers 1.10 per hour Experienced Fire Fighters 1.10 per hour Laborers .90 per hour Transportation Rates: Passenger car and driver .06 per mile Passenger car, driver and one passenger .07 per mile Passenger car, driver and 2 or more passengers .08 per mile Trucks .10 per mile Equipment Rental: Chain Saw and operator 2.50 per hour con High pressure pumps 3.00 per hour Low pressure pumps 2.50 per hour rce Radio cars 1.00 per hour Dad Jeeps (with operator) (contract) 3.00 per hour Power Wagons (with operator) (contract) 4.00 per hour ean Tank Trucks, 500-1,000 gal. 5.00 per hour iiles Fire Department Pumpers per pumping hour 5.00 per hour ces S 110 •tate
[and Table 4 the NUMBER OF FIRES BY MONTHS 1 22 of Railroad ftort (Exclusive Fires) iews Fiscal Year Ending June 30th rn es pre Month 1952-53 1953-54 nat July 73 125 August 32 70 September 4 43 an October 53 71 ate November 20 12 December 2 7 d of January 0 0 .irni February 12 March 71 80 er e April 99 132 nity May 41 41 this June 149 17 this Totals 556 605 in
in
be
re
for for Fire the the
the the
dis fire
con
fires loan boss
hose
war
state,
train
1.20
chiefs
states.
result
$4,379 per
on
on
of
and
$15.07
and
the
1954
wardens.
The emphasis
the Maine,
crew
each
Av.
pumps should
patrol, prevention
chiefs
district
attendance. area
laid
lost
Damage
feet state
assistance
attended
in
AND for
district called
summer
and
Hampshire
and
boss,
member
fire.
and
printed
the
was
for
deputy
and
42.00 outside chief
1953
our however,
one
larger
Total four
mop-up,
fire district
portable
$663.00
11,000
a
New
Princeton,
of
cost
been
town
training seven
and as
15
COMMISSION
and
held
and
stress
the accessories
hose,
discussed
and
fires,
over
YEARS
and
permits
Fire
district
Hampshire
Mountain
the
Most
and
have of
are inadequate
day’s
and
exercises.
this
(Acres)
acting
3.97 0.48
per
Commission
H., Commission and
winter
is
reports,
for
funds were
5 $24,000,
obtained,
of
one Special
wardens
New
pumps
hose
from
and A’.
FISCAL
N.
issuing
meetings
hose
fire
two 1954.
time
RECREATION of when
use for
in
Burned
was
material of
about Table
meetings Grantham FOR in
their men
needed
cost.
job
17
training
the
suppression season
feet
AND
bills,
175
at
aid available
problems
Area
Protection
Protection H.
winter
Total
allow
feet
portable Deputies
longer
the
for
be
problems
control
5
deputies.
a of
fire fire
N.
future
labor
equipment.
sponsored
training
the
and Fire
Fire
RECORD control plans, for
Manchester,
for
35,000
warden will
for
funds
If 4,000
field
valued
Present
and
Without
Special
in
Prompt
Fires
fire
and
were
1953
FORESTRY
fire
schools limits
fire
FIRE
special
for
of
fire
attend
H. with
greater
Forest 44 35
Forest
Maine
Concord,
funds
and
and
the
held
the
for deputy
burned
Wardens Present
the
plans
to
N.
necessity
in
pumps.
Commission
deputy.
of
covered
meeting. to fighter.
Shaw
Number much
and
training
from
equipment,
tools the
were
of
have
a
travel
able
Massachusetts
and
RAILROAD
The
During
lesson
Within
equipment. fire and
schools
on
of
Mt.
in
this
replacement
24
Year 1953 1954 1953
Northeastern
These were ing
summer The more ceiving
Northeastern tributed fire of would in ducted ing from Training organization repair use the warden and education. Subjects laid
den
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Table 6 COMBINED FOREST FIRE RECORD FOR FISCAL YEARS 1953-54 0 1953 1954 Total 1953-54 ,0 Number Area Number Area Number Area of Burned of Burned of Burned “I 0 Fires Acres Damage Fires Acres Damage Fires Acres Damage C12 Railroad Caused 44 175 $663.00 35 17 $42.00 79 192 $705.00 Other Causes 556 5,043 42,364.00 605 924 4,364.00 1,161 5,967 46,728.00 White Mountain National Forest 9 16 10.00 9 49 200.00 18 65 210.00 I-I H Ci2 H z0 in
at
in
at
on
in
ac up
the
the
for
men
was
both
were
done large each.
given
in
closet
Errors
Signal
in
both
held
“Water
training
built training
Federal
road
sacrifice.
the
treads
volunteer
work
telephone
were
time
were
up
another
was Hill,
cabins
and
work:
was
available $15.00
The
“Fire inside
appropriation
woodshed
meetings
stair
Some
during
men
at
their organization
another
road
received
experienced Road,
“Common
among
expanded
personal
curb
now
repairs
built
and
groups.
built.
Men,”
be new fire
painting new
Method” present
value
Stratham
They
preparing
following COMMISSION
one-day done.
watchmen
giving
well
films of
cabs.
district
Tools,” at
is
bars
Ten
minor
replacing
tower
The
The the
provided
Lick cables,
large
and
also
completed
of
should
circulation
per
7
the
and and
did
organized
considerable
included
tower immense the lookout and
One
service.
map.
was guy water
monthly
10
concrete 1954.
at
1953,
at
painted
Training
of
in
of wide
Bunch
garages, for RECREATION
in
or
and
met contract. other
Fire”
crews a
training.
Region “The
program
new
These
public
tower
jobs
toilet painting were
“Management hours
on
of have
AND a
A
March, the
inside proved and
men
a
this school
Repaired
abilities.
as
“Just
new
tarred
in
Line,” Hill
long
painting
on
maintenance Service —
headquarters
films
the a
Lancaster
100
hours
policy
however,
Training
in
and
that
Deputies
prevention.
Built
Towers
and
the
Mt.
schools
Park
tarred.
and
FORESTRY
individual maintenance deputies
and
special —
and
training
watchmen.
Fighting,”
new
Picnic,”
fire
men, made
These
Forest
work
H.
of Films Rimmon
“Water
shed.
exterior,
was
manned Mt.
putting
S.
painting
Special
State No
showed
training
the
men
their
N.
the
Fire and
special of
U. these
clearing
regular
gravelled Watchmen Mt.
“Building Maintenance contract.
of
forest
to
Hill and
of Rock
Concord
for
line,
lookout
and two-day
duties They “It’s
Fire.”
fires
of
Brook
by
in
Our
entitled
A
The Training
Under
Magalloway The Cannon
was
shingled departments, trail
and
the
cabin,
the
Forest
the
the
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film general clude: fire
in on Forest,”
Lookout and Mt.
by interior done Hill
towers Warner Belknap and
the REPORT OF FORESTRY DIVISION 27
Table 7 ge LOOKOUT STATION STATISTICS Len ce. Number of Smokes Number of Fires Number of Visitors in Discovered Reported Registered ion 1953 1954 1953 1954 1953 1954 h. Bear Hill 102 159 48 104 769 827 he Belknap Mt. 273 246 164 213 1,896 1,777 ng Blue Job Mt. 465 486 197 243 1,823 1,171 Cannon Mt. 19 120 13 25 2,828 5,716 a c Cardigan Mt. 31 31 29 28 3,405 3,075 Craney Hill 80 85 59 59 250 220 Crotched Mt. 14 49 11 43 69 420 Croydon Mt. 78 60 69 51 45 88 Deer Mt. 5 3 0 1 61 63 at Federal Hill 155 113 148 98 716 792 Great Hill 19 10 2 6 525 329 re Green Mt. 33 50 27 42 1,551 1,088 en Hyland Hill 25 51 25 19 92 164 Jeremy Hill 105 129 67 78 842 729 Kearsarge Mt. 170 115 127 54 8,335 5,272 Magalloway Mt. 6 7 6 3 10 6 Milan Hill 18 5 18 5 569 844 Mill Mt. 11 2 10 2 49 19 ng Miller Park 66 48 42 31 4,604 6,496 Oak Hill 428 404 268 236 291 290 on PawtuckawayMt. 419 422 87 112 1,353 1,117 in Pitcher Mt. 12 32 9 11 544 457 Prospect Mt. 54 26 23 10 4,666 3,979 )rs Red Hill 37 29 25 16 1,524 1,015 he Rock Rimmon Hill 109 116 45 46 1,093 1,505 Signal Mt. 15 3 15 2 37 55 er Stratham Hill 67 42 32 24 1,491 1,035 er Sugar Loaf Mt. 8 4 5 3 4 9 Uncanoonuc Mt. 227 181 157 98 1,537 1,350 Warner Hill 172 143 89 93 475 488 Totals 3,223 3,171 1,817 1,756 41,454 40,396 ne th Rock Rimmon Hill — Put culverts in road, finished off inside in of cabin. ne Crotched Mt. — Made extensive repairs to cabin, porch, wood as shed, tower cab, and steps, including new windows, screens, and Lal doors. A new tower map was made and installed. The cabin was al completely refurnished. These buildings were badly damaged by Lip vandalism during the years the tower was not used. at Jeremy Hill — Painted tower cab, repaired tower roof. Uncanoonuc Mt. — Deepened the well, replaced tower stair et treads and platform planks. Federal Hill — Painted tower cab and repaired tower roof. An outside cinder block chimney was built on the cabin. Craney Hill — Wired cabin, garage and tower. 28 N. H. FORESTRY AND RECREATION COMMISSION
Pawtuckaway Mt. — Replaced telephone wire and repainted cabin interior. Oak Hill — Moved generator and house from Blue Job Mt. Pitcher Mt. — Built inside clothes closet and made screens. Kearsarge Mt. — Built a larger cab on the tower. It was given the same inside pine finish as that at Cannon Mt. Extra car pentry help was hired for this job which was completed in 1953. The old cab on Kearsarge Mt. was crowded with two radios and had dry rot in many places. The new cab has improved location for the radio and more room for the many visitors. A new map and map holder were installed. Mt. Prospect — The watchman repaired the cottage porch and painted the cottage and tower interior. Sugar Loaf Mt. — Strengthened and improved the base camp. Milan Hill — A pump house was built to house a new pump supplied by the Recreation Division. The cottage floor was relaid. Painting and other repairs including plumbing were made. Moose Falls — Insulated and painted the cottage, and re paired the garage. Great Hill — Painted the buildings and removed the old sheds and part of the porch. Jeremy Hill — Repainted inside of the cabin. Bear Hill — Repainted inside of the cabin. Blue Job Mt. — Installed electricity and built larger cabin porch. Forest fires took much of the maintenance crews time and delayed some lookout station repair work. Also, much time was consumed moving equipment from the Weare storehouse to the new warehouse. Since many of the lookout buildings have been in place 35-40 years, extensive repairs and replacements are necessary. Rot develops where moistuie seeps in to closed buildings undei tai paper Rearrangement of inside facilities and enlaigement of cramped quarters to allow adequate room for a man and wife are often required. This calls for enlarged screened porches, cinder block chimneys to replace rusty stove pipes that drip creosote, and insulation to make the cabins warmer in spring and fall and cooler in summer. It is planned to rebuild the cabin on Kearsarge Mt., insulate Green Mountain cabin, enlarge and screen the porches and build chimneys at Oak Hill, Pitcher Mt., Rock Rimmon Hill and others and paint the steel work on a number of towers. L
REPORT OF FORESTRY DIVISION 29 ted Major supplies included new stoves at Rock Rimmon Hill, Moose Falls, Kearsarge Mt. and Crotched Mt. The inventory taken in the fall of 1953 showed all installations very well equipped and I replacements needed only for normal wear in use. vas State Equipment Lad The maintenance crews spent much of their time during the for fire seasons supplying, operating and servicing fire equipment. The LncI hose, tools, and equipment turned in after the fires had to be cleaned, repaired, sorted and returned. Over 70,000 feet of hose passed through the washers. The replacement of damaged and lost hose and tools to bring up inventories in trucks and caches is still in process. Motor vehicles purchased in 1953 included two sedans for District 3 and Fire Control Assistant II and two ranch wagons for District 4 and Fire Control Assistant I. The following sedans were re- received from the dissolved state motor pool: 1-1948, 1-1950, 2- 1951’s, 2-1952’s and 1-1953. These were distributed to Districts 1A, 5, 6 and 7, and two were retained for standby use in case of - S call according to agreement. The best of the pickups turned in from the districts were kept for maintenance and Moose Falls patrol and the rest sold. A station wagon was turned over to the Fox State Forest and a sedan to the forest management section. A bench saw, bench grinder, 1/2” electric drill, power grindstone, a spark plug tester and many new small tools were purchased for the nd new shop. ras Ten reconditioned mobile radios were purchased for state cars he and for conversion to AC for tower installations. Two battery- operated pack radio sets were purchased for use at Magalloway .40 and Sugar Loaf Mts., and two more are on order for other stations. tot Other communication equipment purchased included eight field :ar telephones, five miles of light field telephone wire and extra wire of reels. Binoculars were purchased for Crotched Mt., Deer Mt., and ire Miller Park. [er During the 1953 fires a device for feeding “wet water” (a nd detergent) into a hose line, 13 canvas water relay tanks, many re [er pair and replacement parts for portable pumps and other fire equip :t., ment were purchased. After the 1953 fires an accounting was made les . of equipment lost and rendered unfit for further service. A portion Sill of the federal reimbursement for fire suppression costs amounting to $6,600.00 was made available to replace these losses. Purchases from this fund were as follows:
I of
in
of
of
the be
the
one
and
One and the
9
level
com
to
Forest
supplies
feet
7
and
any
the 99
60
items
1953-54
143 242 tools 246
tools
and
identifica
to
to during
hose.
radio
Section
cramped
substantially
Maine
tool-marking
fire
miscellaneous
up
parts
lanterns
instrumental A torches
returned
be
sold
hundred
with
certain
233,
PERIOD
control
The
hoes
fires.
available
and
boards
positive
be
saws
realized
repair
present
been fire
$11,378.59
state
to COMMISSION
cut
years YEAR
Gasoline
Headlights Flashlights Lanterns should Hazel Axes purchase Pack Knapsacks Burnout Three
hose fires. large
at
number —
equipment
rubber-lined
funds
5
service.
Chapter
has
12 the
18 of to 54 12 24 24 is
of
provide
120
144
nearly Various
the
Pulaski Headlights Axes Lanterns Cross Pails
TWO
It
the
of
after
and to
fires.
on
standard
same
in 1953-54
feet
cooperators. state
purpose
was
under
cotton
standby out
purchased
of
to
RECREATION
number
it the
the program
this
tools
DURING
the
a
towns. major
1941
4,000
wire
coverage
was
wardens
season limited
AND
for
gal.) except
in
The
equipment
town
destroyed
the
the
For
portable 60
for 31 81
and
Towns
(5
be
173
105 297 sorting
fire
replaced
all
hose
Y
TOWNS
of
0 or
town
to
for
on
maintain
brass to
brought
to
assortment
gal.) funds
reels portable
cans on
the
TO
to
authorizing started
also
complete
type size the
(5
this lost
when
hose towns.
cost
FORESTRY
spent for
gal.) had
towns. hose The
resale
of
pumps,
for
Resale
useful
H. was
(1
fires
the
water
sent SOLD
cans
linen
reimbursed order
cans
tools LHRP
a
Laws, the
during
Marine lost
Total
purchases for N.
in
have
rising
for
hoes
telephones,
pack
bags
feet
rakes in
program
year.
the
hose
gas
rakes
was
up
plans by
11/2”
was
a
pump
pumps
equipment
that
the TOOLS
accessories
to
Communications
hose Gasoline Pacific
ft.
Field Drinking Canteens
Shovels gal. Pulaski
Back Fire
Shovels fire Knapsack Canteens Brooms
Fire Hazel
in
These
Tools
This
of
The
1
Revised
24 12 14 12
25
20 25 36 24
6-5
FIRE
30
5,000
prior
21/,” thousand
towns pump Fire
Service
equipment equipment building demand the equipment tween
directive increased town
tion
Radio munications REPORT OF FORESTRY DIVISION 31
biennium. All ten district chiefs cars, eight state fire vehicles and three other department vehicles are equipped with 2-way radio. Twenty lookout base stations also have state radio equipment, an increase of 10 during the biennium. These are lookout stations at Jeremy Hill, Craney Hill, Magalloway Mt., Sugar Loaf Mt., Oak Hill and Belknap Mt., cooperative stations at West Stewartstown, and Groveton and the Concord Warehouse. Electricity was avail able at Jeremy Hill but had to be brought into Blue Job Mt., and lies Craney Hill. Electricity became available at Belknap Mt., when the new TV station on top was installed by private interests. vel Sugar Loaf and Magalloway Mts., have battery-operated pack sets. )ne Oak Hill is powered with a generator moved from Blue Job Mt. the The stations at Groveton and West Stewartstown give additional of tie-ins through the cooperation of the St. Regis Paper Company and est the Groveton Papers Company. Pack sets used by the Timberland DUS Owners Association patrolmen tie in with northern lookout stations. Tests with small battery-operated sets from the remaining lookouts show that these can be used for cross-checking communications be tween towers thus saving many toll calls. Radio keeps all of the personnel informed immediately of the of progress of all fires. fire in summer nd During the difficult period the of 1953 radio was used and day weeks not only on the in night for fires but in directing of fire nd recruitment fighters and procurement of supplies and equipment. be- :he In addition to state-owned radio, 21 towns and 4 private in- of dividuals tied in with state forest fire work had licensed base sta me tions on the forestry frequency. This was an addition of 16 during lly the biennium. These towns and individuals have 126 mobile radios ng in fire trucks and personal cars, the individuals being wardens, deputies and special deputies or chiefs of fire departments. These mobile radios are a great help in supplementing state radio to pro vide communication between the fire and district dispatcher. Future purchases of state radio equipment will be for replace ment of obsolete equipment and the addition of pack sets to supple ment the present portable radio which has never been adequate during critical periods. Spare radios also take the urgency out of repair work as maintenance is critical during fire periods. Future needs also indicate the need of a relay station on Kearsarge Mt. to increase the use of the system through the winter. The Commission was represented at the annual meeting of the Forestry Conservation Communications Association. Resolutions m- passed at that meeting were against the installation and mainte he nance of emergency public service radio systems by large communi 32 N. H. FORESTRY AND RECREATION COMMISSION cations companies where maintenance might be jeopardized by labor difficulties and where equipment choice would be lost.
Civil Defense Civil Defense portable radios have been distributed about the state and are kept in readiness for any emergency. They were used in two instances to equip all lookout stations in a test of the possibility of rapid reporting of planes by radio direct to the Man chester Filter Center. Since all lookouts are trained ground observers, these tests proved that the forestry radio could keep the center informed in time of telephone failure. Adding the mobile radios and cooperators to the system would greatly increase the effectiveness. Many of the cooperators radios were purchased with Civil Defense matching funds. Fire Weather Stations and Fire Weather Data Fire weather stations that operated during the biennium were: Woods stations—Warner Hill, Federal Hill, Hyland Hill, Prospect Mt. and Milan Hill. Open stations—Gorham, Freedom, and Moose Falls. Federal stations reporting were Stinson Mt. and Littleton— both open stations. Due to locations and operator difficulties the Wentworth Location station was discontinued. Daily readings from all stations were received at Concord, coded and transmitted to the U. S. Weather Bureau Station at Logan Airport, East Boston, where they were used as a partial basis for the morning forecasts of fire weather. These were sent out by radio net to all parts of the state fire organization. In 1954 the accumulated fire index used previously was changed to a “build up” index which is a more accurate index of actual fire potential.
Special Problems Forest fire service personnel were called in to handle or aid in problems in which their knowledge and training were valuable. One of these was the freight train derailment in Crawford Notch in August, 1952. A tank car of gas rolled into the rocky gorge and presented a threat to the whole area. Experts in the handling of this gas were flown in from Texas and the gas was pumped to an empty tank on the track. The railroad furnished a tank car of water and the forest fire service set up pumps and laid hose until the danger was past. District chiefs were also called to aid in searches for lost persons. Their knowledge of the country and the people in their district, and the use of maps and communication equipment enabled them to render valuable aid in this capacity. REPORT OF FORESTRY DIVISION 33
WOOD PROCESSING MILL REGISTRATIONS All sawmills and mills processing lumber and other wood products that produce inflammable waste material such as slabs, sawdust and shavings are required to be registered under the latest forest fire laws, no matter where located. Full-time commercial mills (Class I) pay a fee of $25 and seasonal and farm mills (Class II) $10. Reductions are made for mills registered after October 1. Registrations are issued and renewed for the calendar year. Re ceipts in registrations declined $1,192 in 1954 compared to 1953, due to a reduction in the number of sawmills and planing mills registered.
Table 8 MILL REGISTRATIONS AND RECEIPTS
1953 1954 (Calendar Year) (Calendar Year) Number Receipts Number Receipts
Class I 451 $11,275 410 $10,100 Class II 57 570 56 553* Totals 508 811,845 466 $10,653
10 mills registered after October 1st for $10.00. 1 mill registered after October 1st for $3.00. Portable sawmills continue to form the largest category of mflls registered. However, two-thirds of them remained at one site during each year and this tendency is apparently increasing.
Table 9 NUMBER OF MILLS REGISTERED BY TYPE
1953 1954 Type of Mill (Calendar Year) (Calendar Year)
Sawmills 452 424 Planing mills 20 11 Shingle mills 2 2 Other 34 29 Totals 508 466 34 N. H. FORESTRY AND RECREATION COMMISSION The trend toward modern power plants continued during these years. At one time the majority of mills were powered by steam. As other kinds of power increased, the possibility of burning refuse under the boilers decreased, and slabs and sawdust must now be disposed of in other ways. On the other hand modern types of power plants have a lower fire hazard than steam. Table 10 NUMBER OF MILLS REGISTERED BY TYPE OF POWER
1953 1954 Power Number % Number %
Steam 18 3.5 15 3.2 Gasoline 215 42 187 40 Diesel 183 36 171 38 Electric 57 11.2 60 13 Water 10 2.4 8 .8 Combination 25 4.9 25 5 Totals 508 100 466 100
Table 11 MIGRATION OF PORTABLE MILLS
Number of Mills Remained at Moved to New Settings One Site Number of Additional Settings
Calendar Year No. % 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total
1953 329 64 89 39 21 8 9 9 3 0 0 1 508 ‘I 1954 331 71 82 27 13 6 5 2 1 0 0 0 466
WHITE PINE BLISTER RUST CONTROL White Pine Uses and Values Among the forest species which go to make up the woodlands of New Hampshire, none is processed into so many useful products as white pine. From rough lumber it is manufactured into build ing materials such as log-siding, door and window frames, blinds and interior finish of great variety. With transparent finishes, or stains, interior uses of white pine take on a softness and beauty obtainable in no other material. Reproductions of early American furniture; for example, bed room sets, desks, tables and chairs, are made from eastern white
linds
r team.
hite lucts 38 w
)0
s,
ands
uild
.3
bed auty
efuse these
466 508
Total es
%
5
3.2
.8
or
be
of
farm
still
almost
tern-making
of machines
wider,
food
amount does
strong
and which
quately
and
pine,
wood
in
other
One
tubs
not
buildings
manufacturers. for
incredible
certain
clearer,
an
and
protect
of
pulp.
impart
of
this
have
novelties
excellent
and
the
lasting.
Franklin
the
industry
wood
foods
knot-free
poorer
built
long
other
valuable
any
outstanding
(Administered
durability.
REPORT
are
Pierce
state
odor
is
enjoyed
are
200
In
in
products.
grades
easily
manufactured
Light,
the
producing
packed,
boards
merchandise,
Homestead,
to
or
of
OF
the
field
more
qualities
preservation. by
the
worked,
This
FORESTRY
has
but
Recreation
contents
are
it
confidence
of
More
is
been
years
sturdy,
Hilisboro.
wooden
is
much
wood
attested
from
the
of
beautiful
while
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DIVISION
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of
ago,
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eastern
Division)
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preferred
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containers,
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many
native
both
by
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in
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containers.
white
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after
pine
the grain,
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the
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for
wood,
of
among
shippers
pine,
fod,
considerable
and
boxes,
homes
by
boxes
all
which
production
pine
11 00 h
yet
the
sorts
tubs,
and
since
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both
and
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while
it
all
as This
of
spores
steady
known in
Human
remedy
disease,
indicate acre
woodlots practices entering
publicly-
resulting
enemy of
from
degree
must lowest
often upon that
owner to
income
but
the
allow sale
seeder,
It
cut. per
buildings,
is
improvement
and resource,
transportation
states
the late
State.
bushes,
pines,
this
income
this,
losses
the
not
fungus
Based
mansions, wind,
grower
forestry feet and
woodlands,
pine
greatest farm
too
in
unseen,
prolific
pines. protection
creditable that
lumber is
protection. this
of the
natural does
from private white
a
a
COMMISSION
good it
among
yearly
Granite rapid
well-managed
of
board
to white
by
of
slow, through
state’s
is the
pine’s
figure. to
operations,
species, factor
a
white
gooseberry
to
the the
of
under
repair
northeastern
Apart
most fire
farmer-woodland the in
Portsmouth or
disease these
adequate
pine ranks
valuable
evident,
attained
spread
white
agency
of use
the
a the
determined the
lies
quickly
infected
logging realized
inferior
this more, from lands
500-1,000
healthy
RECREATION
is fuelwood. of
upon
has
ones.
the
for relating
for
impressive
of
prevailing
white
famous It
or such currant
to of annually.
finally
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been
deserves
once
been
throughout
and
an sales,
threat
AND
of
percent is
out
fact
Hampshire
state
the
the
that
that
responds
for
has
Its
consistently
27 lumber
soils.
records Ribes
it
pulp
have
are carelessness, Through
nature it dollars
this
pines
Protection
increasing
conducted
infected New versatility
effect
percent,
additional
of leaves
fact
in
a assumes
fire
and
the
weeding
dwellings
of FORESTRY stumpage remains
70
obvious about yearly
these the
renewable,
such
the
this recover.
the
from often
homes
disease.
low-cost
White
in
H.
million Ribes. outstanding be
in
incomes
lands
to
to
still variety
many
Producer
from only disease.
Forest
Hampshire
as
N.
from Needed
a
When
rust ever,
lumber
Operations
as
historic
time
burned
Furthermore,
cash
thinning,
if
on
investigations
produces
and a
directly forest
should
species,
twenty
Colonial
develop
supplied
New
as fire.
Owing
Another
largely
manufacture, logs,
It
Aside
Fortunately, construction
continuously damage.
for
blister
other
Ranking
occupies
as early 36 Hampshire
and ceeds
recent
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REPORT OF FORESTRY DIVISION 37 the tree through the needles. The fungus works gradually down ward into the bark, first killing the branch, and finally, after enter V ing the trunk and girdling it, kills the tree. By destroying Ribes n plants within and around white pines the cycle of this disease is e broken, and protection to the pines is assured. Cooperative Control of the Rust In New Hampshire, control of this serious disease has been a cooperative project of the state, towns, cities and individual pine owners. From the inception of this program the federal govern ment, through the agency of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, has given generous support by furnishing the technical and super visory personnel necessary in such a state-wide undertaking. In addition, whenever Congressional appropriations permit, additional funds have been forthcoming to aid in the destruction of Ribes. The state is divided into six control area districts with a leader in charge of each. While they are federally-paid employees, under requirements of the state blister rust law, these individuals are deputized agents of the State Forester. These men are responsible for all phases of the control program such as Ribes eradication, detailed mapping, control area examination, infection and damage studies, educational and service work among pine owners, and other related activities. At present, district leader headquarters are located at Concord, Keene, Laconia, Lebanon, North Conway and Rochester. In the following paragraphs the accomplishments in cooperative control are reported. Cooperative Control in 1953 From returns to the State Forester by boards of selectmen it was found that 108 towns and cities appropriated $36,800. In addition, for the fourth consecutive year, the Blue Mountain Forest Association cooperated through cash and labor in the amount of $500. This privately-owned forest of some 20,000 acres is situated in the towns of Cornish, Croydon, Grantham, Newport and Plain- field, and contains considerable white pine in the eastern sections. The following table summarizes all cooperative control work in Ribes eradication for the 1953 season:
BLISTER RUST CONTROL — 1953
Second and First Workings Other Workings All Workings Acres No. Ribes Acres No. Ribes Acres No. Ribes Covered Destroyed Covered Destroyed Covered Destroyed
11,766 222,783 222,217 730,861 233,983 953,644 38 N. H. FORESTRY AND RECREATION COMMISSION
In addition to the above accomplishments, 63,174 acres, placed on maintenance some 8-10 years previous, were examined in order to determine whether any Ribes regrowth had taken place. On this large area it was found that a re-working was required on only 3,379 acres. This indicated that control had been maintained on 59,795, or 95 percent of the lands examined. During the year, scouting and area examination elsewhere through the districts was instrumental in reducing the state-wide control area by 56,732 acres.
Pine and Control Area Surveys In order to determine changes in the white pine acreage which might have been brought about by logging or re-seeding, mapping of road-blocks scheduled for eradication work during the coming season was conducted. These surveys were carried on during the fall, winter and early spring months. For the 1952-53 period, in itial mapping was performed on 82,042 acres, and re-mapping on 47,502 acres. Prior to the eradication season Ribes scouting was conducted and the location of these bushes was indicated upon these maps. In this manner the field work for a new season was definitely planned, and with the knowledge of where Ribes existed, the actual destruction of these bushes was effected more efficiently and economically. The average cost for both types of these maps was about six cents per acre. This low cost was made possible through the use of aerial photographs and improved mapping techniques. Cooperative Control in 1954 At their annual town meetings 108 towns and cities voted $33,760.00 for blister rust control in cooperation with the state. Among them were several where control measures had been com pleted some years before, but funds were made available for re checking white pine lands that were already on a maintenance basis. This action was prompted by the feeling that since appro priations had been made to bring about control of the rust, it was important to protect such an investment by occasional small ex penditures to the end that control would be maintained. The Blue Mountain Forest Association again voted funds for continuing con trol measures upon its property.
Application of Section 9, Chapter 238: Revised Laws Fo1loing recommendation by the State Forester and the Com missioner of Agriculture, the Governor and Council, on June 15, REPORT OF FORESTRY DIVISION 39
For a Multitude of Uses White Pine is the Preferred Wood
1954, approved the application of this section of the state blister rust law in seven towns where control measures were shown to be necessary, and for which no appropriation had been made at town meeting. In accordance with the 1949 amendment to Section 9, the boards of selectmen of these towns were given written notification two weeks or more in advance, stating the proposed date when control work would be undertaken, and the location of such work. As in the case of cooperating towns, a report of accomplishments and expenditures was submitted to these towns at the end of the field season. The following table is a condensed statement of accomplish ments in Ribes eradication for the season of 1954:
BLISTER RUST CONTROL — 1954 Second and First Workings Other Workings All Workings Acres No. Ribes Acres No. Ribes Acres No. Ribes Covered Destroyed Covered Destroyed Covered Destroyed 10,568 164,616 110,606 533,472 121,174 697,788 at
of
of
re
the
the are
the the the
the
was 225
The dis
and only
216.
with
were each
them
state
As
for
white
of
of
young
annual
remain
in
in on
the
control.
totalled
younger
soil
of with
1954, there
the
stands
acres
Re-check
Ribes,
the
Inspection
one
Of
area
bring
to
in prompt
the
maintenance
30, state
bushes.
disclosed
there acres.
summary,
to
a control
area.
as measures
wild
with
attention
average
cutting due
young
the
recurred conjunction
feet.
61,337
of
acres.
present, maintain has of
on
control
completed
concerned
these
among
in while
give
the
the
order
is
on
At
method. 70,992 to
had is
Therefore,
reduction
these control
to
COMMISSION
control
in
further
99, status board
areas
others,
and
September
been
is state-wide entire
87,100
to
area best
re-seeding
in
a
to
in
destroy the
regrowth
Ribes
state
to
throughout
the
the
totalled
a
scouting
further developed
hurricane have
to
program
require
of
million
(2)
the
abatement,
whether
previous a workings.
be 1953
permit
that
infection.
control
present,
natural
scouting,
giving
has of
RECREATION logged-off
not
to examinations 1,
finished
simplify 1938
of
250
at
and
mapped
will
taken
little
season,
acres.
control years
make to logging,
amounted
changes,
FIRST percent
found
the
AND entire
other
workings
there, been
these over
to
ijermit
seems
by
but
should
rust, percent work, areas
rust
excellent were
Surveys determine
the
funds
centers October
of was 65.3
to
some
periodic
order
48,398
not
and since
forest
Measures
to
as
the
It
of
have
(1)
whose
with
in
73.8 mapped
about
acres
FIRST by to
new
steps Area
eradication
possible blister
FORESTRY Through only
blister
does or
control
here
Ever
and
1954,
order
complete
cities
H.
mapped
Workings” of
area
and
period
the
Control
represent
was
owing cities,
to
60,000
in amounting
30,
N.
percentage
from
initially
space
it acres,
brought city,
of workings
Control
starting
and
situation: protection
pine.
“By which,
continued present
the
years.
of
yet
in
and
of blocks
acres,
maintained. requiring
phases
towns
pine.
10
control free and
area
and
During
has
For large
Since
The
of
towns
a
towns
1,336
conducted being
least balance mapping,
wide Pine
40 1,903,560
up-to-date, total ing
September Summary situation 9 76 town These towns SECOND basis, state. production stands of infection pine
trees turbances adequate following sulting major white REPORT OF FORESTRY DIVISION 41
FOREST INSECTS AND DISEASES The Forestry and Recreation Commission has no legal respon sibility in the control of injurious insects and diseases (other than white pine blister rust). This responsibility rests with the Com missioner of Agriculture and is delegated by him to the State Ento mologist, Durham, New Hampshire. The Forestry and Recreation Commission cooperates closely with the N. H. Department of Agri culture in surveys, disseminating information and advising forest owners on the control of tree pests as far as resources permit. Close relations are also maintained with the staff entomologist and path ologist of the Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. The following brief summary of insect and disease conditions during 1953 and 1954 is based on information supplied by the State Entomologist and other cooperating agencies. For complete details see the Biennial Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture. Gypsy Moth. Populations of this insect and area defoliated increased sharply in 1953 and caused great concern by summer home and resort owners. Rising from a low of 8 acres defoliated in 1949, the area embraced 170,000 to 200,000 acres in 1953 and was expected to reach 400,000 acres in 1954. The outlook is for a sharp drop in the infested area in 1955 due to parasitism, wilt disease and other natural control factors. Some territory was sprayed by airplane under cooperative arrangements by local land owners, the state and federal government, and good control was obtained. Forest Tent Caterpillar. This insect, also occurring in cycles inflicted severe damage on maple sugar orchards in the Connecti cut Valley towns. Parasitism was found to be high during the summer but it cannot be forecast with accuracy how severe this pest may become in 1955. Other Defoliating Insects. Brown-tail moth infestations were successfully controlled where they appeared in restricted areas. Pine sawflies and other defoliators caused minor damage. Spruce budworm continued rare. Balsam Woolly Aphid. This scale insect is causing serious damage in the White Mountains and Lake Sunapee region. No control under forest conditions is known other than salvage of the infested trees. Reports from Canada indicate that this insect has caused greater loss of pulpwood over the years than the spruce b udworm. White Pine Weevil. Populations, as indicated by checks on ijermanent survey plots, continued low but it was disturbing to note 42 N. H. FORESTRY AND RECREATION COMMISSION that even with oniy 10% of the trees weevilled each year, new trees never before weevilled are attacked so that eventually almost every tree in a stand suffers damage. An accelerated program of research is now attacking this problem. Beech Scale-Nectria. Beech scale has been observed well dis tributed over the southern part of the state. The accompanying nectria fungus that actually causes injury and death of trees has not been found to any extent south of the White Mountains but may be expected to follow the scale insect from three to five years. Heavy mortality of older beech continues on the White Mountain National Forest. Birch Dieback. Continued deterioration of birch on the per manent study plots in northern New Hampshire was noted in 1953. Recent studies in Quebec link the dieback condition with increased temperature and dryness during the past two decades. Dutch Elm Disease. Scouting for infected trees was carried on by the State Entomologist during both summer seasons. The disease now occurs in 92 towns, of which 27 represent new dis coveries in 1954. A total of 446 trees were confirmed to have the disease compared to 580 trees found during the previous four years. The disease is most common in the southern part of the state where tree removal presents a formidable problem. Pine Leaf Aphid. During the past three seasons attention has been called to a reddening of white pine needles in early spring. This is due to attack by the pine leaf aphid on the new growth dur ing the previous season, which becomes most apparent the follow ing spring. Branches heavily attacked usually die. The insect passes part of its life history on red spruce where it causes small galls. This injury was chiefly in northern New Hampshire. Pine Needle Blight. In July, 1954, the outer one-third of white pine needles of the current season turned reddish-brown on isolated individual trees scattered among trees with normal foliage. This condition has been noted many times in the past and is ap parently related to drought conditions during the preceding grow ing season. No pathogenic fungus seems to be involved. During July, 1954, a conference was called of all parties con cerned with forest insects and diseases. HURRICANE DAMAGE — 1954 Hurricane “Carol” hit New Hampshire August 31, 1954. The center of the storm passed through Rockingham and Strafford Counties where the greatest damage to standing timber was EEPORT OF FORESTRY DIVISION 43 new centered. Following the storm County Foresters Sloan and Leigh nost ton surveyed the damage from the air, supplemented with a ground n of reconnaissance. They estimated that there was a total of 17 mil lion board feet of timber blown down in the two counties—li dis- million in Rockingham and 6 million in Strafford. Based on this ing estimate the hurricane damage represented 27 ‘4 of a normal year’s has lumber cut in the two counties. Much of the damage was to single but trees and groups of five to ten trees. Where there was considerable ars. blowdown the average per lot was 25 thousand board feet. Some tam lots had 50 thousand feet and a few had 100-200 thousand or more down. There was considerable breakage to merchantable trees by the wind snapping or twisting the trees off several feet from the per- ground. In some sections such as in the towns of Lee and Barring )53. ton there was considerable damage to immature stands of timber. tsed Following an inventory of the hurricane damage, woodland owners and mill operators in the region were invited by the county ned foresters to meet at the University on September 10th to consider The a program for salvaging the down timber. After hearing the extent dis- of the damage to timber by the hurricane, reports on the market the situation, opinions of individual land owners and mill operators as our to ways of handling the salvage job, the group arrived at the fol the lowing conclusions: (1) Estimated 17 million board feet of timber down in Rock- has ingham-Strafford Counties, mostly in small patches. ng. (2) Commercial operators in the area are interested in buy lur- ing down timber. (3) County and consulting foresters are available to help ect the timberland owners with their salvage problems. iall (4) It seems that the situation can be handled locally. The situation is being handled locally. By the end of the year 1954 much of the timber blown down by hurricane “Carol” will of have been salvaged. The owners generally have been getting good Ofl prices for their stumpage. tge. Hurricane “Edna” followed “Carol” eleven days later but ap- caused little wind damage to timber. “Edna” was especially wet leaving nearly eight inches of rain in 12 hours along the New Hamp shire seacoast. Hurricane “Hazel” in October was not severe in 0fl New Hampshire.
STATE FORESTS AND RESERVATIONS [‘he The Forestry and Recreation Commission during the previous Drd biennium adopted the policy of reducing the number of tracts ad vas ministered by the Commission. The state has title to 140 tracts of 44 N. H. FORESTRY AND RECREATION COMMISSION land located in 105 towns. In order to bring about more efficient and economical operation of state areas it seemed desirable to re duce the number of state forests to about 40 management and recreational areas distributed throughout the state. The Commis sion also believed that state lands better-suited for commercial, industrial or residential areas near cities or villages should be sold to the highest bidder. The funds acquired from these sales should be used to expand these areas. By this process the Commission hoped to provide not only recreational facilities but forest areas to demonstrate to the public the advantages and rewards of sound forest management practices. During the past two years, 2,405 acres in 12 towns were pur chased at a cost of $17,014.00, an average cost of $7.07 per acre. In addition there were acquired by gift 160 acres in 3 towns making a total of 2,565 acres. During the same period 31/, acres of house lots at the Ponemah State Forest in Amherst were sold for a total of $1,405. There remain six one-acre lots to be sold. Thus, net addition was 2,547 ½ acres, which, added to the 58,021 acres given in our last report, resulted in a total of 60,568 ½ acres as of June 30, 1954. The following table shows the acquisitions, gifts and sales during the two fiscal years:
Table 12 STATE FOREST LANDS ACQUISITIONS 1953-1954 Purchases Tract Town Acres Cost Bear Brook Allenstown 160 $2,500.00 “ “ 60 500.00 Blue Job Farmington 75 600.00 Cardigan Orange 20 70.00 “ “ 372 1,488.00 “ “ 100 500.00 “ “ 50 200.00 “ “ 554 1,500.00 Cathedral & White Horse Ledges Bartlett 40 250.00 Clough Weare 19 600.00 “ “ 131 600.00 Everett Dunbarton 9 50.00 Fox Hillsboro 52 2,000.00 Litchfield Litchfield 109 381.50 “ “ 60 350.00 Mascorna Canaan 20 175.00 Mt. Sunapee Newbury 10 250.00 Sentinel Mt. Piermont 100 500.00 Vincent Weare 265 2,500.00 “ Deering, Weare 199 2,000.00 Total 2,405 $17,014.50 REPORT OF FORESTRY DIVISION 45 ient re Gifts and Tract Town Acres T11S- Ballard Derry 85 Echo Lake Conway 15 ia1, Wade Hill 60 3old Total 160 i uld 2,565 acres $17,014.50 ion Total Acquisitions s to und Changes in Area Due to New Survey )ur Tract Town Acres cre. Cardigan Orange — 5 :ing Kearsarge Warner — 3 Pillsbury Washington — 6 use tal Total Decrease —14 net yen une State Lands Sold and Tract Town Acres Receipts Ponemah Amherst 3% $1,405.00
Summary Acres Cost Receipts Total Acquisitions 2,565 $17,014.50 Total Sales and Reductions 17% $1,405.00 0.00 0.00 Net Acquisitions 2,547’/2 0.00 Previously Reported 58,021 0.00 8.00 Total Area, June 30, 1954 60,568’/2 0.00 Area Breakdown: Forests—13,656 ½ acres. Recreational—981 acres. 0.00 Joint Areas—45,89 8 acres. Miscellaneous—3 3 acres. 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 PURCHASES 0.00 0.00 1.50 Bear Brook. Two tracts of land were purchased adjacent to 0.00 the Bear Brook State Park in the town of Allenstown: 160 acres 5.00 100 from Harvey Taillefer for 2,5O0.00; this area being potentially 100 useful to both Recreation and Forestry the cost was shared equally ).00 ).00 between the two divisions; and 60 acres from Samuel J. Riel for $500.00 adjacent to the southern boundary of the forest. This 1.50 brings the total of Bear Brook State Park to 7,233 acres. ___
46 N. H. FORESTRY AND RECREATION COMMISSION
Blue Job. A tract of 75 acres was purchased from Mrs. Theo docia Shepherd for $600.00. This purchase includes the summit of Blue Job Mt., and a small home on which Mrs. Shepherd has re tained a lifetime lease. Cardigan. Five purchases were made on Cardigan Mt. total ling 1,096 acres for $3,758.00 consisting of the following: Harry A. Smith, 20 acres for $70.00; Paul E. and Marguerite L. Paro, 372 acres for $1,488.00; Louis Dupont, 100 acres for $500.00; Walter L. Dimond, 50 acres for $200.00; and Mrs. Isabel High Boyd, 554 acres for $1,500.00. This brings the total of Cardigan Reservation to 5,294 acres. Cathedral and White Horse Ledges. A tract of 40 acres was purchased from Charles Henry Davis and Elizabeth R. Davis of Bartlett for $250. This purchase protects forever the timbered area at the summit of Cathedral Ledge. Clough. Two purchases were made amounting to 150 acres for $1,200.00: Philip H. Burnham, 19 acres for $600.00, and Wil liam A. Heino, 131 acres for $600.00. The 19-acre lot was pur chased as a connecting link between the Clough and Everett State Forests. It is also a desirable roadside area with some valuable white pine. Everett The town of Dunbaiton on Maich 11, 1952 au thorized the sale of 9 acres of tax delinquent land to the state for $50. Fox. A purchase of 52 acres was made from Mrs. Gladys M. Robinson and Mrs. Bernice J. Gee for $2,000. This area represents a definite asset to the experimental work being carried on at the Fox Forest. Litchfield. Two tracts of land were purchased in Litchfield bringing the present area to 291 acres. These were purchased from Henry Plouf, Jr., 109 acres for $381.50, and 60 acres from the Daniel M. McQuesten heirs for $350. These areas are for the most part covered with white pine reproduction. Mascoma. Mrs. Daisy E. Morgan sold to the state three pieces of land in Canaan totalling 20 acres for $175. This includes a 5-acre meadow, 14 acres of white pine and acre or more on the Mascoma River. This purchase brings the state land to a black top road and thus allows woods operations to be carried on without crossing the land of private owners. Mt. Sunapee. A 10-acre tract of land necessary for develop ment of the park was purchased from John L. Paul for $250. ____—-L1
REPORT OF FORESTRY DIVISION 47
Sentinel Mt. Mr. H. Arthur Ashley sold to the state a tract of 100 acres for $500.00 adjacent to the Sentinel Mt. Tract in Piermont. Vincent. Two tracts of land were purchased: one from Mrs. Dana B. Gove of 265 acres for $2,500.00, and 199 acres from Mrs. Frances Keene Valentino and Mr. Harriet G. Keene for $2,000. These included 362 acres in Weare and 102 acres in Deering. This increased area adds much to the value of this forest originally given by Dr. C. A. Vincent for research purposes in 1936.
GIFTS Ballard. Mr. Ernest K. Ballard of Derry deeded as a gift a tract of 85 acres including a house, up-and-down sawmill and upper and lower dam. Mr. Ballard has retained a life lease on the house and mill, both of which are in excellent condition and of great his torical value. The up-and-down mill is in the best operating con dition possible and should provide many New Hampshire residents with an insight into our past methods of sawmilling.
- (rn,rf’!/ U. ,f \ Ii. Sawing Peeled Pulvwood at a Yard
A
B.
of
as
the
an
cut
will
pine
and
1954.
sales
areas
trees
acres
in
as
trans
mainly
resulted
general
standing
pine
$150.00;
the
3½
white
Juliette
pine.
these
state
was
Howard
mature
the
harvest
the
of
over,
managed
during
for
a
25
of
type-mapping,
of
pitch
hardwoods.
and
decadent.
Hill
Mrs.
from
continued
preserved
and
highway
to
white
established.
is
on
acre
condition.
the
made
of
Marion
red
be
totalling
portion
¼
worked
followed
out
a
was
of
held
portion
state of
birch
COMMISSION
plan.
trees.
FORESTS
and
was
Notch
Miss
receipts
land
be
town
S405.00;
residual
Harvesting
and
to
were
Hall, the
boundaries,
area
undesirable
subjected
to
of
growing
the
Welfare.
net pulpwood.
sale
of white
for
the the
carried
is
from
greater
forest
in
program
fir
Removal
and
STATE weeding
was
of
acres
in
on
The
maturity
Frank
good
the
gift
and
acre
pieces
Public
OF
were
RECREATION
and
J.
lot
a in
birch
1
and
sanctuary
according
full
of
re-marking
is
operations.
acres
since
types.
stumpage
Widening
$400.
left.
acres
to
the
AND
hemlock
of
Salvage
area
hundred demonstration
Hampshire
60
game entire
of
spruce
15
for
tract
Carter,
was
pine
management
following
$450.00;
made
of
years:
considerably
this
of grow
Thinning
operations
Two
and
1950,
continued
L.
New
The
acre marked
Most
some
to
Lakes:
This
for
was
in
put
The
1
two
FORESTRY
Notch:
stand
Department
roadside
A
stagnated
tract
forest of
improvement
MANAGEMENT
A
H.
$1,405.
growth
mature.
acre
A has
consists
timber
the Hill:
mature
past
Carlton
area.
Hall,
1
Brook:
to
N.
It
Lake.
following
state
pine—pitch
allowed
young
cutting
the
of
was
reservation
the
salvage
from
be
removing
sold:
Crawford
Contoocook:
Connecticut
Blair:
established
River
Clough:
Beech
The Bear
The
Ponemah. initiating
Echo
Frank
Wade.
to
the
white
heavy
forest
Dry
plantations
in
A
timber
vigorous
ting,
increase
in
during
overmature
and
plan
amounted
and
Fortescue,
were
SALES
Conway. example
are
a ferred 48 white were to completed since acre.
at acres. harvest in timber system.
stands. ing marked increases tions. burned. allowed
lished. lock its ably thinned severe sawn underbrush. pine of
roadside. 250
line
red
own
cut
Davisville:
Duncan
Fay:
Fox:
Franklin
Hemenway:
Litchfield: Hodgman: Livermore
Mast
Monadnock: was Nottingham:
were
to clear-cut. the
pine
into
years
and
with
was
Sawlogs, windthrow
cut
Pulpwood
into
poor
and Pulpwood on
since and
timber
made.
the
Yard:
in
also
lumber
was
white were
the
The Release
well
the
7
sold Lake:
1954. of
Charcoal
soil another
Pierce: possibility
foot
the
lot thinned. removed.
Falls:
age.
harvesting
This
made
policy
was pulpwood
beyond
Poorly-formed The
pine Another
Red REPORT
on
conditions.
thereby for
An was
Approximately
on
and
plantations
fence
Salvage
and
The
Much
bid.
Twenty
overmature.
stand
hemlock
was
the
the pine roadside
on
extensive
operations
of
posts Both
also
A
improvement
its
of
this OF
roadside posts.
cull
This
Recreation roadside establishing side
initiated.
stumpage
increasing
As
of
and
plantations
produced
of natural
profitable
removed FORESTRY
tract.
were
acres a
overmature
on was
had
spruce
of tract
have
cordwood
thinning demonstration
thinning
Scotch
The
the
were
the
100
found,
removed.
considerable
Hemlock
f demonstration
area
rotation
A
is
sale
Undesirable
had
the
Fay
Division. 26.5
new
was mountain.
cuttings
acres
in
growth
thinnings
poorly-formed
just
a
were DIVISION
continued.
pine
permanent
and sale
of
thinnings especially timber
were
of
was much
lot,
cords necessary
market
beginning
of
several
thinned,
white was age.
value.
Slash
partial
plot
a
was mature
were
area
produced
brushed
cull
great
competition
on
of
in
found
pitch
The
area
was
for
A
pine
pulpwood in clear-cut
was hundred young in 100
rot,
established.
growth
made
as
the
sawmill
to
Scotch shelterwood
timber
hardwoods,
fence deal
timber established
white
and
was
a
to acres
due and come piled
trees
and
out
result
be on
planta
Scotch
of
estab
study
prob
acres posts were
hem
from
pine
sold was pine
and
was
200
125
per into was and
and
the
be
49
of N. H. FORESTRY AND RECREATION COMMISSION
Salmon Falls: A poor Scotch pine plantation was removed. It is planned in about three years to plant to a more desirable species. Thinning of red pine resulted in production of many red pine posts. Scribner Fellows: The roadside demonstration area was brushed out to make it more pleasing to the eye. Soucook River: An integrated operation was completed on this tract, with pulpwood and good and poor grade logs being pro duced. Lumber was sawn for the Recreation Division. State Forest Nursery: Winter operations on the nursery lands produced pulpwood and logs. This work was done by the permanent nursery crew during the off season. Taylor: Thinning of a white pine plantation and harvesting of mature trees completed the work on this tract for the next ten years. Some planting may be necessary. White Lake: Removal of an overstory of pitch pine to re lease a planted red pine understory was completed. Fairly heavy damage occurred in the red pine although the stocking is better than 50%. This pine would have been completely stagnated if not released.
Current Operations The following operations were in progress in the fall of 1954: 4. Bear Brook: Salvage of 150,000 board feet of hurricane timber. Clough: A marked stumpage sale of about 400,000 board feet. Davisville: Thinning of white and red pine plantations. Duncan Lake: Thinning of plantations for posts and pulp wood. Everett: Thinning of red pine for fence posts. Fox: Plantation release and improvement cutting in pine. Hemenway: Marked stumpage sale of about 1,000,000 board feet. Lead Mine: Marked sale of birch for bolts and pulpwood. Mast Yard: Large-scale thinning of white and red pine plan tations. Nottingham: Salvage of hurricane timber. Rye Harbor: Stumpage sale of all merchantable white pine. Stevens’ Pines: Salvage of hurricane timber. Pawtuckaway: Thinning of red and white pine plantations for posts and pulpwood. White Lake: Cutting of pitch pine to release red pine. Other
pleted and were A for education
weeks been the Mt.
was sales the
marked. boundaries
fine
use
work
working
During
during
marginal
main
concentrated
are
surveyed.
Accomplishments:
in
on
collection
in
manning
has
forthcoming
at
public
13,110
Cruising
volume
will
1953-54,
1953.
the
plans
been
and
be
Spruce
education.
of
Two-man
acres.
flEPORT
radios
done not completed.
on
for
continued.
Management
She colored
of
blazing
cultural
on
adaptable
Iterwood
sale.
new Pond
on
Type-mapping
OF
on several
contract
weeks
slides
the
Management
and FORESTflY
areas
and
Cutting
Several
work
Sixty
fires
tracts, painting
to work
Lost
of
were
since
and
bid
acres
in
in
forest
at
River
DIVISION
White
hundred
on
growing
sales.
Kearsarge
of
Mt.
blazing
devoted the
of
personnel
of
state
1,583
operations Co,,rc;
Pine boundaries Shaw
timber Conservation
newly-acquired
Marked
stands.
forest
acres
and
acres to U.
and
Mt.
in
spent of
conservation N.
many
painting
was
Grantham
are
producing
lands was
was
stumpage
iViost
Camps.
several
taken
being
cases
done com
land
has
of
of
rv —
Totals
974
1,763,498 32.30 1,866.66 :129.42 itt.so 201.44 3.6911
White Lake 10
Improvement 40.24
0
Psylor
20
Harvest Thinning,
80.003 28.50 27.07
H
4ouceok River
40 CO Thinning 125.743
14.87
(12
almen
Falls 30
Harvest
84.68
1,283 •.
H
NierseFy
30
5,900 ‘‘
35.60 175.88
Nottingham 5 Thinning
15.00
Stonadnock 10 Salvage 16,645
Sleet Yard
C 5
‘‘
48.00
250
Livermore
0 Falls 60 Harvest 326,785
Litchfield
10
‘‘ 11.78 200
z
llodgman
10 Thinning
24.00 705
0
Flemanway 100
Harvest
213,666
111.36
‘-I
Franklin Pierce
10
Thinning . . . 23,000 13.00 8.00 ‘-3
Fox
126
Improvement 29,674 70.53
202.16 179.80 1,252
Forest Lake
2 36,367 ‘‘
LI
Pay
100 622,894
‘‘
Duncan Lake
0 25 Harvest
431.79
LXI Davisville
20 Thinning
63.24
frau ford
Notch
5 Salvage . .
12.89
(‘reney
Hill
1 ‘‘
2.50 1.5
l.’ontoocoek
10 Thinning 5.50
Vonnecticut
Lakes 5 . 6,140 12.30
Clongh
100 Harvest
3.00 4.50
Blair
20 Thinning
4.465
11.56 10.77
13.64
Beech Hill
Harvest 20 44,957 55.51
thinning ‘-3 227,259
Bear Brook
200 Co Harvest,
salvage and 28.43 765.58 8.00
1’I
C
Forest
(Acres)
Cutting
(Bd. Ft.) Spruce Hardwood & Pine Fir
(Cords) (Pieces)
(Cords)
iii
Operated of Sawlogs (Cords) Birch
Bolts Fence Posts
Fuelwood
Area Type Pulpwood
PRODUCTS HARVESTED FROM STATE LANDS BIENNIAL DURING PERIOD 1953-1954
Table 13
cJT I
to
type
equipment sprinkler
harrows
stalled,
will ply
water during provide White Taylor Nursery Nottingham Monadnock Soucook Mast Stumpage Franklin Salmon Litchfield Fox Forest Hodgman Hemenway Fay Livermore Duncan Davisville Connecticut Bear Crawford Clough Blair
Craney Contoocook Beech
operate system Totals
Forest
An
Notable
supply with
Yard STATE Brook Lake Lake
Hill pump
Hill the Falls Lake
River and
Pierce
Allis-Chalmers a
Notch
and system. Falls
sales
hydraulic
and
reliable hydraulically.
COST past
Lakes
over
greater
4,900
driven
changes
plow. FOREST
only.
purchase two
AND
seedbeds. feet
REPORT
water
years
by
equipment
amounts This Fiscal INCOME
Operating
and
of
NURSERY
a tractor $50,606.25
$16,469.41
of
were gasoline 3,581.84 5,006.18
1,414.20 1,071.07 galvanized 1,235.93 8,980.23 6,411.49
1,813.14
can
supply It
OF new
Years additions 209.45 753.46 311.02 223.36 813.50 105.75 278.50 448.87
941.35 455.40 A 23.10 27.50
31.50
Table has FROM
FORESTRY
of
handle
Wagner the
Cost
was
mechanical of 1953 *
* *
adjustable
cleaner
of
the
engine
improvement
AND 14
WOODS
purchased
at and
better
pipe
all Model Gross
DIVISION
Tractor the $90,109.86 $21,490.70
1954
REFORESTATION water
10,934.93
the was 5,681.13 3,375.24 5,702.67 1,548.85 5,022.24 6,535.70 6,460.83 1,873.50 7,344.31 5,124.50
2,952.75
were equipment. OPERATIONS 811.91 848.90 931.50 268.47 916.99 141.00 545.50 154.64 738.10
620.25
wheels
quality State 32.00 53.25
Income
W.
usual
together
purchased
and
purchased.
Loader
of
D.
Forest
the
that
land-working
a
heavy-wheel
increase
centrifugal
In
water with
Net
was enable
$39,503.61
order Nursery
$5,021.29 and —802.60 —225.25 2,099.29 3,165.79 6,508.20 5,022.24 6,460.83 1,954.70 4,183.15 1,139.61 —23.10 Income 696.49 134.65 537.88 708.14 637.57 545.50 932.82 103.49 154.64 289.23
164.85
This
new 58.45 sup
35.25
also
the in
.50
to
it 53
a
for
ma
This
seed-
snow
parts.
spring
with
old-type
room
hydrauli
the
loose controlled
H.
driver.
A
hand-sifting
the
early
X.
be
tractor.
plowing
of over
other
the
U.
for
implement
equipped
storage
the
can
for
tractor
of
or
is
of
replace
evenly
cold
Courtcsy
It
that
to
the
winter
COMMISSION
end
sand
Trees
blade
place
work.
to
34°
sand
the
agricultural
the
Crop
front
time-consuming.
with
hand
the
tractor.
the
of
developed
assistance,
Pine
addition
and
spread
from
RECREATION that
adjustable taking
in
new
trucks
through
was
from
White
will
built
AND
the
men
amount
without
noted
sown,
and
was
laborious
loading
is
digger
he
Pruning
four.
with
seedlings
seven-foot
for
both
a
seed
FORESTRY
tree
use also
operator
hydraulically
is
H,
needed
has considerable
the
for
fall-dug
a
N.
bucket
that
tractor-drawn
should
tractor
that
sand-spreader
and
after
is
It
A
operates
save
the
carrying
digger
by
cally-operated
beds
method
This
will
purchased
material that
terial 54 Sand that
ing planting ble method two part have nursery five unfit and
living fir of improperly unexpected end field of
fresh-dug
the
were
is
but
typical Spreader and plantable
packing
of Two
planting,
for of
started
well
and
fresh-dug
the
makes
beds.
the
also
has
one-half field the
test
enough
92
summer
handled
result. field
(left)
state
stock
been and
species
to
safe
(right)
planting. percent
it condition
plantings
planting
It
sprout
is
planting
trees.
storing
is to REPORT
months.
in
and understood in
and
believed
eliminate also handled
While
and
showed
of operation
the
of
fall-dug
stock
under
desirable
seedlings
useful in
that
However,
were most
the OF
early
areas
92
hydraulically
late
White that
hand
95
FORESTRY
available the
fresh-dug
percent
not
species
ordinary
made
for
stock
for
spring
spring
percent were
a covering
count
to
only
tested.
few
pine,
the holding
two
that use
in
of
planted
by is
for
to
important DIVISION after
of
does
before
trees
years. storage,
the of
trees
a
white tractor
of
on make
the
had
satisfactory
planting
seed.
The seedlings
the
not
spring
they
a
living.
fresh-dug
used
been
with
frost driver.
spruce
large
this
It
give cold final
New
and
result
would
is
in in
in
alternate
of
practice
type
is
a now
in
storage
thus
count
forest the
This
scale.
cold
true and
survival
1954
out
a
trees
of
tree
naturally
southern
dormant believed
become
storage
was
balsam the
picture
of
at
plant
feasi
when
digger
trees
were
rows
This
the
the
for
55
ex
an
1
4
of
and
and
1,700
6,000
2,300
2,000
6,000 4,800
6,600 3,100
1,750 5,000
2,000
3,500 2,500
3,000 4,000
2,000
4,000
8,500
1,000
have
23,075
90,750
11,000
10,000
stock
360,400
plant
rendered
the
Schools
Scout
High
species
species
of
High
High
forest
H. High
Schools
Day
Schools
High
distribution
seedlings
Boy
High
High
High
High
Academy
Free
by
High
School
age,
for
N.
High
services
High
High
High
value
High
Junior
the
High
schools
STOCK Academy
High
of
Other
by
High
Arbor
Academy
Clubs,
Spaulding
21
Raymond
Street
and
the
areas
Belmont Walpole
same d,
COMMISSION and Laconia
Simonds
Alvirne
Vilas
Orford
o Lebanon
—
Weare
Boston
Keene
show
Pinkerton
Dover Total
1953-54
cook,
Lebanon,
Agricultural Boston,
output
the
distributing
Schools,
satisfactory
Coe-Brown West
Total Troops
Tilton-Northfielcl
Quincy
and
University New
Hopkinton
Colebrook
PLANTING
olebrook,
forest
Trees)
Gi’and
43
West
Orford, Weare,
Warner,
Walpole,
Tilton,
Raymond, Rochester.
Laconia,
Nashua, Northwo
Keene, New
and Hudson,
is C
Contoo Dover, Durham,
Derry,
Belmont,
15 Aistead,
tables
and
agencies;
of
OF
nursery
RECREATION
state
1952-53
years
stock
900
500
Table
500
the
1,000 2,500
1,000
5,000 7,000
1,000 2,000
5,000 3,000
4,000 3,500
1,000
2,000
2,000
on
17,675
13,550 11,450
99,325
AND
26,600 25,550
71,900
15,000
25,000
75,350
20,000
16,000 33,850
growing
(Number
following
Years
different
of
to
storage
previous
The
Farm
agency,
Cities
Fiscal
DISTRIBUTION
New
Alton
in
Towns
planting
&
cold
FORESTRY
Clubs
stock
as
Board
policies
Agencies
School
each
and
Lakes)
H.
County
Depot-Cheshire
School
FREE
Dept.,
Dept.,
the
4-H
that
members
County
to
Farm
Towns
County
N.
is State
same
County
agencies.
Cities
County
County
County
352
State
and
County
Game
Game
planting
eld
Walpole
Resources
Industrial
Prison
Hospital
continued
The
& &
County
enfi
are
other
(Connecticut
Total
Total—13
Total
Durham
Carroll Cheshire Strafford
Sullivan
Rockingharn
Belknap Merrimack
We Winchester
Gre
North Westmoreland
Hanover Newport Unity-Sullivan
Henniker Manchester Pittsfield
Dummer
State
State
State Water Franklin
Laconia
amounts.
Fish Fish
distributed
years,
been
forest
periment to
ing. 56 Table 16
NURSERY OUTPUT
Number of Trees C Age of Stock White Pine Red Pine White Spruce Balsam Fir White Ash Total C
Fall, 1952 — Spring, 1953 C 174,750 4-year seedlings 1,000 122,750 51,000 472,300 38,150 249,050 7,500 767,000 3-year seedlings 6,275 Ce 2-year seedlings 6,275 Total 472,300 39,150 371,800 58,500 6,275 948,025
Fall, 1953 — Spring, 1954 Ce 53,050 4-year seedlings 53,050 C 3-year seedlings 237,825 379,760 218,300 835,885 Total 237,825 379,760 218,300 53,050 888,935 58 N. H. FORESTRY AND RECREATION COMMISSION
Table 17
VALUE OF NURSERY STOCK PRODUCED Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 1953 and June 30, 1954
1953 1954
Trees sold to private planters $4,425.74 $3,371.48 Trees given to 4-H and other juvenile clubs 428.60 652.85 Trees given to towns and cities 84.60 289.45 Trees used on state lands 255.50 470.18 $5,194.44 $4,783.96
I
-a. .,. -
- d. *
Nursery men spend one-third of the time (foHr u’inter months) ivorking in the woods, getting out pulpwood, logs, and do in j forest iiu proveme n t irork. II cIcni II
Table 18 tj REFORESTATION ON STATE LANDS 0 1952-53 and 1953-54 0 Area Planted White Forest (Acres) Pine Red Pine White Spruce White Ash Total 0
Bear Brook State Park 36 2,425 33,550 35,975 (1) Fox State Forest 8 3,500 1,500 3,000 8,000 Franconia Notch Reservation 1 1,000 1,000 Monadnock Reservation 1 500 500 Mt. Sunapee State Park 2 1,000 1,000 2,000 Pillsbury Reservation 15 2,000 7,975 325 10,300 White Lake State Park 1 1,000 1,000 0 Total 64 6,925 40,550 10,975 325 58,775 z
cc 60 N. H. FORESTRY AND RECREATION COMMISSION
TOWN FORESTS Very little information was available concerning the activities of town forests during this biennium. Towns are not required to file reports of operations with the State Forester; therefore. the only information received comes from personal contacts with selectmen or from the complete survey that is conducted once every ten years. Lands for town forests purchased by the towns are to be managed under the direction of the State Forester. In 1953 the Selectmen of Lebanon requested the State Forester to make a preliminary survey of the town forest at the Lebanon Airport. The 310-acre area was cruised and type-mapped and specific recommendations made for each stand and type. An even distribution of age classes and an abundance of white pine make the area a very desirable forest management unit. In addition to the cruising and mapping the foresters marked approximately 12 acres of white pine to be thinned for pulpwood. This further aided the town by providing jobs for people on town relief. The total cost to the town for cruising, mapping and marking was ap proximately $120.00. The Commission regards this cooperation as highly important. It is hoped that in the future more towns will avail themselves of this service. There is a great opportunity for towns to increase revenue by putting their forests on sustained yield with maximum production.
THE WHITE MOUNTAIN NATIONAL FOREST Timber sale activity in the past two years has been about normal except that towards the end of fiscal year 1954 business dropped off slightly. For the two-year period thirty-four million board feet of timber was cut. The value of this plus the money ‘ received from rents and special uses brought the total receipts for the forest for the two-year period to $275,359.36. Twenty-five percent of these receipts were returned to the States of Maine and New Hampshire for distribution to the towns containing national forest land. New Hampshire’s share of this fund was $64,162.13. The summer of 1953 was very dry and lightning storms and other causes started 13 fires on the national forest which is the largest number of fires in its history. The 1954 season on the other hand was one of the wettest on record and only three very small fires occurred. Recreationists from all over the United States continued to visit the national forest every summer. Campers and hikers par
1 REPORT OF FORESTRY DIVISION 61
ticularly are increasing in number each year and are severely tax ing recreational facilities. A major addition to these will be the es Kancamagus Highway. This proposed highway will eventually to be thirty-five miles long running from Conway to Lincoln. The he road was completed with a gravel surface from the town of Lin th coin east to the top of the range, a distance of twelve miles, and ce from Conway west up the Swift River Valley, eighteen miles. It is ns hoped that at least three miles will be completed in 1955 leaving less than two miles to be finished later. er Mr. Clifford L. Graham, who had been Supervisor of the White Mountain National Forest since 1936 passed away on Sep tember 26, 1954. He was replaced December 1st by Gerald S. Wheeler, formerly Supervisor of the Green Mountain National ce Forest in Vermont.
COUNTY FORESTRY PROGRAM The financial support of one-fourth of the Granite State’s gainfully employed persons depend upon a forest economy. Woodlands occupy 84 percent of the total land area. Eight county t. foresters and a forester assigned to the Baboosic Watershed )f project are working with as many of the 35,000 woodland owners as possible in an attempt to help them grow timber crops suitable to meet present and future needs. The intensive education of woodland owners by county forest ers so that the former will become aware of the economic oppor tunities in forest management and thereby be interested in taking advantage of these opportunities requires on-the-ground help and t assistance with individual owners. This must be supplemented by forestry information directed at all people through the written word, radio, television and meetings. There is general agreement that the job of getting woodland r owners to recognize and exploit their opportunities in forest man agement is primarily a public responsibility, assuming of course, the importance and desirability of the active participation by pri vate interests in such a program. With only eight county foresters there is need for two additional so that there may be one for each county. There are two general courses of action to fill the increasing demands for technical assistance by forest owners. New Ramp shire can add more and more foresters with the objective of giving complete public services to woodland owners, or it can adopt a public forestry program that will assist owners to assume respon sibility themselves in the management of their forest lands. The
I
I
to
are
his one
and
their
badly
occa
forest
public
to
forest
of
consult
who with
H.
so
the
a enterprise.
V.
partial
need
f
of
advantage
among are
U. years
pine
Also,
and
owners
eventually
from
his
encouraging
work to
(wIrtcy
profitable
white
many
management
services
adds
is
of
forest
a
COMMISSION
his
in
holdings
it
future.
returns
for
the
the
is
operations
find
in
the
that
money
those
policy
that
thinning
whose
along
in
of
will
a
employ
the
woods
go
RECREATION
stock
among
to
will
management
convinced largely
owners
own
AND
marking
forester
responsibility
work
are
expenditure
continues
growing
with
their
forest
possible
his
an
forester
public
becomes
direct
be
FORESTRY
and
that
management
cuttings
such
have
H.
The
handle
who
suitable
County
if
take
N.
of
should
Hampshire
will
forest
to
who
advice,
it
owner
convinced
income.
New
forester
owners
lands,
If
depleted not
improvement
sional forester
practice owners
net
ing
62 forest I REPORT OF FORESTRY DIVISION 63 e to public management forester to a county. The present policy of isult- county, state, university and federal support of the County Forestry ,o his Program encourages local interest in the program and shares the orest cost. occa Opportunities in forest management are best demonstrated by the county foresters in advising and helping owners to carry out profitable woods operations in merchantable stands from the stump to the marketing place, keeping in mind the two important objectives of partial cuttings. These are the preservation of the rapidly-growing trees, which can be cut more profitably after a future growing period, and provision for a source of seed for the natural regeneration of desirable species. There is also the job of persuading forest owners to recognize the advantages of making improvement cuttings in immature stands. The kind of assistance given a woodland owner is illustrated by two examples: “Mrs. A received an offer of $2,500 for all her standing tim ber. With the advice and guidance of the county forester, Mrs. A received nearly $3,000.00 for the marked trees. She has stand ing on her lot nearly 50 percent of the original volume of timber for a future cut when the trees have increased in value and have seeded in the area to a new crop.” “Mr. B owned a 100-acre woodlot purchased a quarter of a century ago. The lot was 80% stocked with white pine in need of thinning. With the guidance of the county forester the owner em ployed a consulting forester to make an improvement cutting on 40 acres of white pine badly in need of treatment. The trees that needed to be eliminated had no merchantable value. They were killed by inserting sodium arsenite tabs under the bark. Valuable experience and information on chemical thinning was obtained and an excellent demonstration resulted. Under the provisions of the Agricultural Conservation Program the government shared the cost of the improvement with the owner.” County Foresters have their headquarters at County Exten sion Offices as follows: a y County County Forester Town Telephone 1 and Belknap & Strafford Leighton, Roger S. Laconia 1341 )ublic Hilisborough Breck, Robert W. Milford 45 Carroll Breon, Theodore F. Conway 168-R2 o aie Cheshire & Sullivan Richards, Tudor Keene 930 Coos Phipps, Robert H. K. Lancaster 8-4961 prise Grafton Sargent, Leslie Woodsville 7-2061 forest Rockingham Sloan, Roger P. Exeter 2741 Merrimack Thompson, Wilbur E. Concord 5-5505 their Baboosic Watershed Protection Program: h one Hillsborough Thorne, Thaddeus Milford 45 64 N. H. FORESTRY AND RECREATION COMMISSION DISTRICT FOREST ADVISORY BOARDS Members of these boards are appointed for three-year terms by the Forestry and Recreation Commission. They are selected from citizens residing in each district who are interested in forest conservation. In addition to their duties of studying forest condi tions in their districts and acting as advisors to the Commission, they act as boards of appeal in matters pertaining to abatements of yield taxes for good forestry practice, standards for which have been established by the boards. County foresters act as secretaries for the boards in their respective districts.
DISTRICT FOREST ADVISORY BOARDS Term expires January 1 Belknap-Strafford: Richard J. Pitman, Laconia 1956 Harold E. Flower, Barrington 1957 Richard C. Varney, Gilmanton 1957 Horace U. Ransom, Meredith 1955 Myron I. Jenness, Dover 1955 Carroll: Richard W. Read, Tamworth 1956 Roger Williams, Center Tuftonboro 1956 Arthur P. Gale, Jackson 1957 Jesse L. Ambrose, North Sandwich 1955 Howard C. Avery, Wolfeboro 1955
Cheshire-Sullivan: George L. Porter, Alstead 1956 George H. Duncan, East Jaifrey 1957 Clifford Stearns, Hinsdale 1957 Arthur A. Davis, Claremont 1955 William P. House, Chesham 1956
Coos: Howard T. Woodward, Berlin 1956 Clarence S. Herr, Berlin 1956 George D. Keysar, North Stratford 1957 Lawrence E. Philbrook, Shelburne 1957 Clarence Marshall, Northumberland 1955
1 •ve
es )fl, st ed
of
—
Graf
Hilisborough:
Merrimack:
Rockingham:
spraying similar sioner Pruning reside are Forester. are Hampshire ornamental ornamental which application
were
required
ton: Earle Forrest Lyle Samuel Henry conducted Francis Stanley Aldis Winthrop James Frank Victor
Charles
Chester Lewis Joseph C. Arthur
Howard John All
58 —
without
subjects
Leland
types of
persons
and
arborists
Frazer,
or
E.
J.
Arborists
Philbrook,
Agriculture,
C.
may E.
Colby,
T.
C.
trees;
F. to trees; W.
0. Cole,
Tenney, J.
B.
A.
dusting,
Christie,
to
care Ray,
M.
of
Phelps,
Swain,
L.
Garland,
Slayton, Waldo,
by Lorden, registration.
Culick, the
Hall,
Bailey,
be McDaniel,
Bartlett,
carry
each
work
Platts, engaged REPORT
Carter,
Monroe
Lebanon
of
spraying
an
Londonderry registered
and Hudson
REGISTERED registered
State
may
Francestown
orchard
Beebe
including examining
individual
Manchester
on Littleton Exeter
in
Andover
Fremont
Suncook
Lincoln
treatment
Milford Warner
Hampton
Pittsfield the
be
the such OF
Concord Hollis
in
Forester
Nottingham
of
River certified
the FORESTRY
Examinations care
State trees; in
under
work
orchard
airplane
practice
1954.
board
is
Falls
ARBORISTS
of
of
or
certified
within
Entomologist
pruning
state
for
cavities.
forest,
State
trees; DIVISION
consisting
Names
one
of
spraying,
law.
the
leading
tree
or
Entomologist. shade
and
may
spraying
town
all
A
of
Residents
surgery,
care
list
of
of
be
individuals
and
and
to
or
in
five
the
showing
obtained
of
registration
of
which
conducting
fruit
the
subjects:
shade
shade
pruning, Commis
1956
1956 1957 1955 1957
1956 1957 1955 1957 1955
1956 1956 1957 1955
1956 1956 1957 1957 1957 1955
of
There
State
trees
New
they
and
for
65
on
or or -
9
is
0.
the
Me
P.
Green-
Maine.
Exeter.
and
795
Higgins).
listing
Wenham,
Manches Mass.
St.,
Rd.,
W.
firm
one
St.,
St.,
Jr.),
Henderson),
Wells,
E.
Highway,
Mass.
Main
the
Plain,
noted)
P.
Vermont.
Mass.
Birch
Elm
only
of
and
Main
5
Mass.
318
Mass.
Co.).
Manchester.
COMMISSION
Peterborough.
Abbott),
Wheeler,
River,
Boston,
name
same,
1954
otherwise
Jamaica
Co.).
Keene
P.
(William
Michigan.
Co.).
Plymouth.
Providence
as
Road,
Brookline,
the
St.,
Wholley),
Dodge),
the
D.
Expert
Ohio.
Keene.
Amalia),
St.,
Andover,
St.,
Inc.
Middleton,
St.,
Caldwell),
F.
Claremont.
W.
Keene.
(R.
Barber),
are
W.
Saxton’s
1600
(Wilfred
St.,
Expert
except
Mass.
Tree
Corp.).
Meredith.
T.
Arborists
Kent,
RECREATION
Higgins
L.
St.,
Where
L.
(William
Boscawen.
Alton.
Co.,
Gladwin,
St.,
St.,
A.
St.,
firm
Mass.
Road,
&
(Karl
H.
1,
Mammoth
(John
(C.
Russell
Tree
Park
10,
F.
Mass.
Spalding
506,
AND
St.,
Mass. (Albert
Elm
Cameron
Washington
Tree
D.
29
Allard
Maple
that
21
972
Inc.
Court
Co.
Aldrich),
Hampshire
17
Co.,
Franklin
Service
Frost
Co.,
F.
Elk
30
(Eugene
Box
Lucas
156
Company,
Upland
F. H.,
The
Route Pleasant
Registered
Cambridge,
Jr.,
2440
R.
686
New
(See
Jr.,
A.,
Arlington,
420
Beverly,
Company,
(See
Jr., (See
L.,
Tree
R.,
FORESTRY
0.,
M.,
Expert
(See
Expert
W.
J.,
H., Herndon
F.
0.
alphabetically.
0.,
Norwood,
Expert
(Leon
Armand, T.
H.
St.,
M., Surgeons,
H. Service
Surgeons,
Expert
W.
&
Roscoe
Drive,
E.
Ave.,
J.
Mass.
Remi
C.
(Address
representing
N.
Tree Tree
E.
234,
Mass.
William
R.
Leon
Higgins
listed
John
John
Tree
Mill
George
Tree
Associates,
Tree
Tree
John Ernest
Robert
Leon
Brothers Tree
Corp.
George
Edward
William
&
Story
20
field,
Mass.
are
morial
Box ter,
Higgins,
Henderson
Gendron,
Franklin Frost
Flint,
Flint, Franke,
Dodge
Conley Davey
Cook, Eaton,
Clark,
Clancy,
Clancy,
Chase,
Caidwell,
Bradford
Bouchard,
Batchelder,
Billings,
Bartlett
Amalia Bailey,
Barber
Allard
Aldrich,
Abbott,
Abbott
individual
firms
given. 66 REPORT OF FORESTRY DIVISION 67
Hook, John E. (See Locale Tree Co.). Keene, R. D. (See Frost & Higgins Co.). Kezar Tree & Landscape Co. (Thomas F. Kezar), 156 Billings St., North Quincy, Mass. Kezar, Thomas F. Jr., 60 Storer St., Kennebunk, Maine. Kirby, Byron L. (See Ralston Tree Service, Inc.). Knox, Ralph T. Jr., 3 State St., Windsor, Vermont. Koib, Warren (See Rockingham Tree Service). Lakes Region Spray Service (Harold S. Sheffield), New Hampton. Laviolette, Laurence A. (See Monadnock Tree Service). Lawrence, B. F., 132 Davis St., Greenfield, Mass. Locale Tree Co. (John E. Hook), P. 0. Box 342, Beverly, Mass. Lucas Tree Expert Co., John, (R. E. Billings), P. 0. Box 965, Port land, Maine. Madden, James E., 78 West Merrimack St., Manchester. Mayberry, Elmer F., Lancaster. Meader, Robert W., Greenland. Melendy, Harry F., Milford. Monadnock Tree Service (Laurence A. Laviolette), Peterborough. Myers, Willard N. (See Rockingham Tree Service). Nehring, William H., Ridge Farm Nursery, New Durham. Peeke, Leslie A., 67 Monroe St., Amesbury, Mass. Ralston Tree Service, Fred & Co. (J. Cooke White and Frederick R. Ralston), 22 Linden Street, Allston, 34, Mass. Ralston Tree Service, Inc., (Byron L. Kirby), 43 Cornwall St., Portsmouth. Robbins, Lester W., 5 Ash St., Milford. Rockingham Tree Service (Warren Koib and Willard N. Myers), Atkinson. Rossignol, Joseph L., 191 Main St., Claremont. Rule, Paul F. Jr., R. F. D. 2, Richmond. Sheffield, Harold S. (See Lakes Region Spray Service). Smith, Alfred A., 156 Calef Road, Manchester. Stalbird, Russell N., 422 South Nelson Road, Columbus 9, Ohio. Stevens Tree Co. (John H. Stevens), Alfred, Maine. Tasker, F. Bruce, North Rochester. Tierney, John, 16 Liberty St., Manchester. Tufts, Robert L., 20 Lincoln St., Stoneham, Mass. Tuttle, W. F., Wolfeboro. Walker Tree Expert (James R. Walker), 31 Grant St., Concord. Walter, Stiliman E., Wolfeboro. Watson, David B., R. F. D., Portsmouth (Newington). Weichans, William H., R. F. D. 1, Warner. Wheeler, Wilfred Jr., (See Bartlett Tree Expert Co.).
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183,048
392,594
301,070
admin
spruce,
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$383,190
covered
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in
Measure
Fred).
few
ACT
under
included
field
but
1953
%
Committee
reimbursement
58.3
35.1 40.5 40.5
34
Commission
committee
ending
$159,850. constant Norway
are
in
cooperation
years.
the
timber
Service,
way
for
for
Co.).
this
in
and
this
20
year
pine,
of
towns
Interim
TAXATION
Tree Cutting
1,406
COMMISSION
Organizations.
to
Details
recommendations
taxing
under
tax
159,000
105,712 106,718
indefinite.
pine
amended
2
$155,192
an
Practices
work
due
Expert
liability
of
Good
AND
the
Abatement
Scotch
report
summarizes
was
were
personnel
for
report
white
of
from
Tree
%
state
Research
of
Company
last
64.9 41.7 59.5
66 59.5
year’s
follows.
Act
RESEARCH
Duration
amount
Commission.
RECREATION
and
method
&
during
and
age
made as
1954.
the
one
lack
trials
total
the
The
projects
Tax
in
Forest
fir
in law
AND
new
law
following
of
No 2,731
the
Bradford
of
76,330
project.
and
the
the 233,594
FOREST
195,358
Field
Ralston
the
the
After
$227,998
The
1952.
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of
range
of
October,
provision
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of
CONSERVATION
(See
research
each
ft.
Douglas
Union
periodically.
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(Cds.)
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in
summarized
FORESTRY
of
year
of
W.
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and
bd.
summarized
is
$466,073
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report
this
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of
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tax
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Assessed
made
larch,
ft.
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&
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report
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operation
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activities.
was
operation
operation
status
pursued
1953
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the
of
number
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its
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details
the
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law
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the
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THE
Source
30,
International
separate M.
towns
Total
Sawtimber Pulpwood
1924.
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actively and
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European
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to
Total
1949 mitted the Number Volume
cluding Legislative ber
minor
study
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White, 68 years Station.
nut U. established paring
periods. in determine ciety
trees. plot high measurements established hardwoods
woods. pleted use
yield nite. pruning maintained intervals established
stumps, tions that nite. trials nite.
1934
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Christmas Weeding. seedlings
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Hybrid Chemical
was
stumps,
require
for
Department
old
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and
have
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to
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crop
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thinned the Storage
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1955.
and in
compare
survival,
concentrations
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spring, and
to
in date
been and in Chestnuts.
stock
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use leaving
trees
in
and
study Tree
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Weed
Determination have
1946.
Survey.
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sodium
without
variety
cooperation Several
from older
of
brush,
in of 1936.
REPORT
in
of
with
indefinite.
Girdling.
1955. Pine growth
of
in
growth
poison
Regeneration.
1947
Nursery
been
progress results
living
Agriculture.
Field
to
Control.
white
To
cooperation
1933.
plots
that
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repeated
Plantations.
of
Inactive. release
the
Field
periodic
permanent
Examination and
OF
be
made.
of
permanent
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tabs
at
branches forest
trial
and
of
pine.
have stored
continued. Stock. FORESTRY
oldest
2-4-D
with
different
Remeasurements
since
1954.
Release
of
trials
release
to
Hampshire injuries.
more
and of
Basal
types
thinning.
when
methods, Duration been
kill
Agricultural
Started with
Started
10
under
and
1948,
Trees indefinite.
dating
that
of
2-4-5-T
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valuable
sample
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of densities.
unwanted of
sample
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of bark
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discontinued.
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needed.
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series
turn
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conifers
different
using In
were
sample
1946.
1935.
comparing
Forests. E.
indefinite.
from
costs
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on
of cooperation
spray,
up
and
indefinite.
of
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trees. are
plots
and
poplar harvested,
plots Research
overtopping
different
trees and
plots One-half
oldest
from 1933.
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New Duration Duration
field
and
made
conditions
plantations
hybrid
spray
produce
girdling
Experiment
have
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growth
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and
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tests
plot
competing
results
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formula
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plots
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of
wood
indefinite.
that
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organic
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determine
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and
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to
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plots
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and
1954.
1955.
with
with
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indefinite.
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showed
in
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Records
recurrence
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remeasured
trees
inventories
repellants
annually
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indefinite.
foliage
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COMMISSION
maintained
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sample
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and balsam
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maintained.
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continue
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affected
1953.
of
conducted
with
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cooperation
of
completed
are
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intervals.
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plots population.
recovery
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trees.
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indefinite.
be
re-examined
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RECREATION
management
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Forest
in
55
being
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to
in
Office
weevil
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years.
and
on
1954.
continuously
on treated
mulching
AND
10-year
recovery.
for
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Survey
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trees.
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are
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appearance
on
five
new
budworm at
with
Survey.
determine Duration
and
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plots
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1954 Report
Fox
tree
of
areas
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to
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in
after
published
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of
central
about
girdling
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practices.
FORESTRY
Weevil.
and
carried
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Agriculture
1955.
revised
in
Forest
days.
1955
Height
extent
H.
rate
Experiment
Study
circular
made
of
in
determine
E.
Paper
Budworm
month
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from are
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of
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cooperation
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nursery
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cutting
and
acre
Duration
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received
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of
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examined
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about
1/5
studied
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determine
established
of
Duration
suits
operations come
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working
porcupines
1954.
browning. Wildlife
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and
damage
Department
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annually
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taxpayers
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steel
reports
all
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volume
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employed
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consists
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of
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annual
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and
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have
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on Prices.
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purposes
productivity.
of
operators the
for
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where years
the
reports
removed
of
REPORT
statistics
are
the
Forest
cement Commission
kilns
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of
State
three
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per
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other was
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investigative are
farmers
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now spent
covered Cut
indefinite.
in
softwood
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acre.
paid
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of
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and
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Land.
in
1926
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data
months
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embraces
of
taxation
on
treat
operation.
pulpwood
New
submitted
at
FORESTRY
only
screening
from
and
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Hampshire.
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Started
area,
by Research.
by
are the have
on
by
and competition.
Book.
needs
about and Study
Hampshire.
woodlot
effective
the work,
this
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each
the
the
supported
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based yields
1,107
Products.
been
volume,
No
of
marketing
state.
and
DIVISION
to
report
1933.
late
release
Fox
100 Hampshire
and charcoal Records in
of
Preparation
summer.
State stumpage
maintenance
appropriations
the
kept
acres 1949
All methods on
of
owners.
miscellaneous
chemical
acres
Miss
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charcoal
one accessibility,
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growth,
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by
forest
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Duration
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since
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office
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maintenance
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were
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income
annually
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Fund.
forests. The
prices
selected
for
operations
kept
forms
1952
of
investigations
among
1938.
in
compilation by
of
production
developed.
ownership,
an indefinite.
indefinite. classifying
permanent
indefinite.
collection
for
different
Hilisboro.
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the products buildings
of
showed
assistant
in Thus
account
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the
surface
on
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costs
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State
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forests
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of
basis
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trees
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and are:
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of
information
and
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law
state
growth
of Several
and
complete
by
only
1953
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Most
plots
more
9
by
of
influence
11
circular a
records
11
55
22
43
14
These
of
study
of
or
104
the
on
storm,
up-to-date
effectiveness
provide
and
AND
nursery,
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timber
policies.
estimate
that
rates
caused
such
renewed
Commission.
by
maintained
COMMISSION Forests.
years of
the
under
will
kept
required
any
1952
number
the
state
20 be of
development
treatments.
purposes.
be
furnishes
and
establishing
by of
IN
forests
to
can
been
for
mortality
established
desirable
numbers
amount
the in
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of
damaged
and
Moreover,
that
purposes
on
has
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comparative
CUT
experimental
timber
plots
the
RECREATION
measure
tree
been miscellaneous
and
on
a
been
made records
also
sale
highly
considerable
all
intervals
girdling,
drain,
and
observe
AND
and
stand.
as
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damage management
and
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have
depletion
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determine
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Commission
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not
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out.
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PRODUCTS
weeding,
plots
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forest
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survey
forests
data, Only
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boundaries
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treatment,
purpose
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and
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standing
1925
survey
surveys
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diseases.
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Source
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Release record
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planning
are
Hampshire.
of
following
operation.
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beginning
their
private
under
state-wide
plots
and
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Since
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or
valuable
2
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without
relation
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growth
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on
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study
treatments
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are vide
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stands
laboratory,
facilities
ter 72 en )tal ke the we ese Lnd vth aen Pier en iad led cut ate ro- for ca- ith sts all in- nd be r . ) tries of could calendar son Accordingly, sent fore, instead. who possible enable vassed been using used annual cordwood only of-state to able in that year force, not broken dated period present Commission individual mills. Commission a ducted. cut not more standing 1949 provide in cutting made made The There out, When It was these need through a nearly basis. for plants industries. be by making New the rough or All also. should cut down reliable to survey. a to obtained nor 1925 pulp going The In year the method to new that reports public Commission on mills consumers. reports enforce a the is are timber. receiving Hampshire wood 1947, 100 for The consider has was satisfactory since Tax estimate. the reports shipped by a law it and to also source are Forest to certain are figure percent. calendar 25 obligatory cooperated possibility species or any the tax Response of REPORT from the Commission. have cut, was or are about this used other be years. concerned. shown reporting such of wood reports timber law special Commission. of out Conservation in required to for based pointed served land The since in products all directly statistics or order products place substitute 1942, OF It was year years of factors the the from to to or of classes Furthermore, reported is owners, with on FORESTRY the the report appropriation submitted makes other as logs continue recognized amended revision cut that men mills out basis, by all Unfortunately, the when these by more such Commission state as of the than law by from sawmills of that for assumption and in blanks the In agencies are the well the and it cut nor out-of-state products the no wood-processing or as Bureau to to DIVISION of inadvisable practice the statistics to a to consumer also Taxation New on annual quantity provided less of as be be federal posts, that the the sampling field were include the for canvass ever several the these have kept sawn believed official could as tax Hampshire 1925 a of towns reporting to these that in existing cut it they minor poles, made far collected enforce census law confidential the Act been products plants. or cut sufficient that all as into to not on of law became occasions reports figures as reports shipped abandon and other at to to Census was that during only part a piling every found plants lumber canvassed reports anticipate estimates represent is the was could alter calendar the are consoli by There still passed would is wood- of of of a detail avail were start law. can per con out- still and few this and and this has the im the cut the the the be 73 or in of to ii.
re
not
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the
may
time .
year,
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towns
statis
do
be
a
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reports
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reported
products
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when
at
pulpwood
depending
may
can
such
practical
mills
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be
ascertain
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such several rour,sy
to
during
much
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comes
since
H.
requiring
some for
have
found
could reports possible.
However,
from
N.
by
since
also
times year
that
from
COMMISSION year,
cut Commission
been
problem.
logs
these
and
the
impossible
this the
has
Attempts
found Pittsburg,
of
is
several
separation
it
if
counties.
overcome
by draw
is
it
special calendar
operated
it swing,
accounting
counties.
road, end
a
by
this
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mills move
the
eventually
that
by
full
Lots
survey
cut
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reports
even
counties.
in
AND a
logging
make and
desirable
that
mills
mills
or
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counties,
the producers,
tax
during
to
are
for
represent
and
mills.
the
consuming
towns
from
hoped
towns
counties. highly
mills
small
basis
need
smaller
FORESTRY
by
is
the
a
the
at
different
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towns reports
be separate
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H.
the the
by
on
more
from
operations
to
by of
N.
from
received
or
deficiency
that
different
kept
would
receipts
so
most
separately are
to
woods
made two
records
It
This
Pulpwood
on frequently
are
in
reports
fuelwood.
cut
purchased
74
separately been and ports often keep more, lie of
as on unnecessary. justed
rely when tics is g
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that
for
a amount tion report of scarcity conditions, bought special 50 hardwood sized usually
wood of Softwood: Hardwood: Number Totals, Number
more
cutting
the
mills
any Balsam Pine, Larch Pine, Pine, Hemlock Cedar Other Spruce Ash Aspen Birch Beech Maple Elm Basswood Other Oak
The than
pulpwood The The
and
of
is All
forest
exact and
types of
cut of
of irregularities Total Total
were cordwood
of less Pitch White Red
cut
pulpwood hardwoods
existing Species softwood
during (Tamarack)
(Popple) and defective Fir
Mills high Idle
utilized,
but
everywhere
large
cut,
than
of
resource. Softwood Hardwood
measure LUMBER
idle
of
receipt Mills
receipt Reporting
there
quality.
forest
has
the
trees, REPORT
the
blocks
during
wood-using
quality.
the
hardwood
cut
had previous
that (Thousands
is previous CUT
at
reports, products of
total
right species
good continued Cut
its
mill.
There
the
of OF
1953.
may BY
influence.
New Calendar
Table
timber,
cut FORESTRY
cut
up NEW
reason
biennium.
two are
over
industries
Here,
exist
of are for
or
to
being for
industries 221,790 276,485 306,992 Board 38,002 10,746 11,520 necessary 30,507
HAMPSHIRE to
years,
selected
19 2,181 2,316 5,176 3,482
1,263 December
5,745 the 2,978
almost
a Year
the 745 150
509 especially 230 108 due 506
to
also,
46 period show 43 5
Fewer DIVISION slightly
two Feet)
believe
period 1952
in
to
are
Probably
no the
capable
general
a
parts
years
the
to
of
mills
commercial
large 31st.
equipped MILLS
tax
less
balance
years,
pine,
covered.
lag that Calendar
of
covered
reports
were
of
than an due
between
proportion
It
the
the
that
using compensate 209,002 262,127 287,558
is
average 36,848 10,946 11,249 25,431
utilization
to 2,319 1,462
4,929 4,945 to 1,827 1,442
in Year
1951.
believed
tree,
growing 911 257 599 132 643 477
uses
furnish
market
by 12 can 34
opera
utilize 8 7
small-
time
this 1953
for
all 75
be
of of I
28
1,036
1,079
51,312
52,376 15,867
16,946 69,322
1953
Imports
fr C-)
Z
1952
90
574
1,386
1953 COMMISSION
35,638 37,114 13,061
13,635 50,749
percent.
lumber
Basis*)
HAMPSHIRE
15
Exports
401 316
200
pine
3,431
3,631
Reporting Reporting
1952
36,539 37,256
20
40,887
NEW
Wood
adding
RECREATION
IN white
Mills Mills
936
by
of
13 16
Table 5,792
7,531
4,332
Rough
1953
Cut
AND CUT
120,603 133,926
113,190
118,458
252,384 — —
rough
594
Total
to
1952
1953
seasoning
6,610
4,960 1,418
(Cords.
1952
82,884
84,302
:j
135,343
147,507
231,809
Air
FORESTRY
PULPWOOD
H.
converted
Mapk
returns.
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Tamarack
wood
Hardwood
&
Softwood
and
Beech,
Kind
Total
Totals
I
Total
::peeled ‘Incomplete
76
Spruce
Miscellaneous Hemlock Pine
Birch, Miscellaneous
Aspen
_[. ,036 ,312
,867 ,079 ,376
,946 ,322
28
Red Hemlock SAWLOGS White
Maple Ash Beech Spruce Birch Oak
Miscellaneous
Excelsior Turnery
Miscellaneous Veneer Cooperage
Pulpwood Fuelwood Total Misc. Sawlogs Misc. Sawlogs
Total
and
Totals shoe Pine
Totals
Products—Exported Products—N.
equivalent
Pine
and
logs WOOD
used
Elm
bolts
exported
shanks,
bolts .
All
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Fir
locally
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Species
SUMMARY
CONSUMED
in
handle
(
cords
Exclusive
REPORT
H.
Equivalent
rungs,
FROM
(Thousands stock,
Mills
OF
BY
trawl
OF
Calendar
N.
of
etc.)
TOTAL
in
M.
Table
Table
N. H. Table
Lumber FORESTRY 3,483
1,449 1,586 1,864
306,992
358,865
1952
Thousand
27,813
14,307
rollers, 136 293 672 Bd. 158
AND 9,753
H. of
18
94
1,054,886
Board
WOOD-USING
Year
Ft.
COMMODITY
21
22
1952
23
6,536
3,217
9,753
SAWN
and
Calendar
Board
DIVISION
Feet)
231,809
337,156 100,000
Pulpwood)
Cords
27,813 15,327
5,347
9,696
1,524
1952 BY
492 774
Feet
OUT-OF-STATE
Year
DRAIN
INDUSTRIES
Calendar
M.
287,558
322,972
16,072
13,949
Bd.
5,393
1,646 1953 1,228
1,372
458 181
280 180
Calendar
1,006,844
18
11
Ft.
9
1953
Year
19,905
10,288
4,535
3,432
1,249
1953
3,073
2,320
5,393
401
MILLS
252,384
360,900 100,000
Cords
7,666
Year
77
850
I 78 N. H. FORESTRY AND RECREATION COMMISSION
The following is a financial statement of General Fund appro priations and expenditures of the Forestry Division from July 1, 1952 to June 30, 1954:
Table 24
FORESTRY AND RECREATION COMMISSION V FORESTRY DIVISION July 1, 1952 to June 30, 1953
Reserve for Balance Appropriation Expenditure Bills Payable Available
Administration $36,085.00 S35,389.93 $800.00 Transfer +110.42 Nursery 14,145.12 24,593.25 1,488.30 $5,441.12 Federal Grant C. M. 4 17,377.55 Reforestation 3,765.88 3,609.77 156.11 White Pine Blister Rust 12,390.00 11,850.75 539.25 District Fire Super vision 29,778.78 87,388.66 3,308.11 1.51 Transfer +90.00 Federal Grant— C. M. 2 60,829.50 Lookout Stations 39,408.01 47,315.45 Transfer +7,943.13 Warden Training Conferences 5,000.00 3,316.68 1,683.32 Prevention of Fires 12,977.50 11,087.13 1,871.93 Forest Fire Bills to Towns 2,000.00 81,468.52 721.14 77,860.97 Governor and Coun cil Emergency Fund 158,050.63 Northeastern Forest Fire Protection Commission 692.00 638.94 Crotched Mt. Lookout Tower 1,300.00 1,294.69 Fire Equipment Ware house 35,000.00 35,000.00 Federal Norris-Doxey Coop. Program 14,500.00 14,500.00 Old Year Reserve 10,716.24 7,495.40 $462,159.76 $364,949.17 $10,568.16 $83,303.60 e le
I
I
Administration
Nursery
White District Reforestation
Prevention Warden Lookout Forest
Northeastern
Federal Crotched
Old
Federal
Federal Rust
Civil
Governor Fire Civil Conferences
Civil Tower Commission
Coop.
C.
vision
C. Fund
cil
Towns
Year
Pine
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M.
M.
Emergency
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4
2
of
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and
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FORESTRY
Bills
Lookout
Fires
Coun
FORESTRY
to
REPORT
Appropriation
July
$604,977.33
$38,937.63
197,860.97
22,947.60
AND
17,145.00 16,557.87 39,011.02 56,894.32
10,464.26
58,132.67
11,167.50 10,000.00 87,935.00
16,286.00 10,568.16
3,787.42
4,000.00
1,600.00 1,
OF 989.41
692.50
1953
RECREATION
DIVISION
FORESTRY
to
Expenditure
$582,166.43 June
$38,924.83
100,146.85
295,790.10
34,459.15
16,616.19
50,265.95
10,846.97
16,286.00
3,684.29
3,734.45
1,388.00
9,395.78 —
627.87
30,
DIVISION
Continued
COMMISSION
1954
Bills
Reserve
$10,271.59
$4,005.00
4,561.30
1,238.89
273.40 Payable
193.00
for
Available
Balance
$616.75
$616.75
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Recreation Division
I ForestryandRecreationDepartitient
1953 - 1954 RECREATION DIVISION STAFF
Director Russell B. Tobey
Assistant Director Allan V. Evans
Superintendent of State Parks Robert Sullivan
Merchandiser Operations Supervisor Publicity James Moulton Howard Berry G. Henry Crawford
Accountant State Park Technician Supply Manager Raymond LaChance Malcolm Thomas Ralph Webb staff
operations. of most cedures, effort
maintenance, mental procedures; wise this wane,
be
weather penses. average ous 7% This tion you in over should
to area next, ence of celerating ings to quence, 1954) income,
facilities,
the
of
this
income request *
winter.
During significant because
We
go” the have
The
Such of 1’hjs
set-back
the
Having
of less will
has and
to
when
and
private
with reorganization
experience.
coincide
state
income our
park hope
the liNt
such
in
past
basis.
Lack
conditions realignment
past
value.
established
pick
been
services
adverse
the from
from
operations.
order
refers
the
such
lack adjustments
better
attention It extension
of
The
parks, experienced
facilities and
ten that
reversed
two matters
tourist
park
up
of
has
factor
largely
cold
at
calendar
with
Since
one to
the DIRECTOR’S REPORT
of
years. summer a
to
planning.
snow
and
these those
years
next
conditions
slender
weather possibility. been
cash
system
wayside
upon
and
carry
On legislature
lean
the industry,
a
in —
taper these to
as
may
of
of a
diverted
pattern
during
times conditions spring.
a
We
have
trend
OF
ye;irs: on rain, the
necessary to
are usual
park
reclassification years
season
public
income
“pay a
duties;
state
out
become
as
hand legal
poor RECREATION
We
facilities and
off.
find
New
temporary,
areas,
to
bring
pointedly
with
flier a
which adequate
we
administration, INTRODUCTION
season the
as indicating
1953
an
from
decline
park tourist
are
services, may
This more
may interpretations,
winter ourselves
We declined
,i,i’fioiis Hampshire
you
feel —
personnel
appropriation
two
run instead two
and
seriously
about
had
and
an
park
are attempt
curtail require
patronage,
situation
of
go”
that
public
down,
attraction
hurricanes
11
of
winter demonstrated
historic
aftermath DIVISION administration,
and
and
of
private
been
tile a 1954*
and %
when
difficulties
in
basis,
planning,
to
at
our
large,
positions,
report
from
that
the
operations
concerned
a
records;
a
tourist
visitors’
use
to
devote
this
refinement
consistently
operation,
seasons poor
season delay
makes
patronage
sites the
operate business.
however, second
etc.
in
soon ire
income, may
that may
favorable
toward
of
writing
addition 01
efforts summer
industry improvement
in
state
much of on
interest
the payroll 0
we
of
of
decline
it
call accounting
caused 115111]
that
operations, the park
during
year
a
the according
operation
necessary
services,
can
effect
the of
the and
govern
“pay upward
at
Experi
(fall
veer
of
of
for
opera
other
factor
previ
to
in
park open some
may pro
give
may
each
end.
lack
and
our
our
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ex the
our
83
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se
of
as
of of
are
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pa
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the and the
our
that
and
state
have 1954
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park cents been
areas
facili
in
rising untold
in by
added
for
obsoles
in
showed
unfore
25
All
amounts
business. to
question has of
state
temporary
and
1953
the
other annual
diminished
at
state
other
explanation and
and
but
approval
affected
Notch
biennium
In
the
buildings
due
expenses
of
by
increase
that $30,000
the
the many
facilities.
to
summer
years.
spending offset
private
greater
the
this us
year,
aging use
of
have of
notably to
property 20
to
this to
one
of
experience
added of indicated of
far
biennium. equipment
belief
use picnicking
profit
COMMISSION
popular.
legislative Franconia
legislature
income,
in
operation a
that
as
public
(roughly maintenance.
them the
tourists’
during
state
our
This
area
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at
of
factors
previous
offset
of
during
of
of plant,
the
Analysis
and
public years.
additions
account more and conditions
state
such
required
“cushion”
the
us
by
weather.
$20,000,000 new
system.
scenic on
the through
year costs
money
greater Flume
a
much
the
would to allowed
RECREATION
influence
of some the
indicated
decrease
over the to:
estimate
conducted service the
first
over
some
a
costs
steadily
income.
of
and
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increased
contradictory to
routine
more charges,
while
about
recent
AND
to
them
of
we
$10,000,000. and services.
by
the have
indebtedness. to within
use
equipment.
16
approved
old,
study
Administration
increase
of
but
and
largely park
providing
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seem
a
this
general the
We
due
added from
debt
$1.25.
over
and and
satisfaction
become
service
account attractions
in
custodians
expend
to visitors
by
due
persons brought
at
%
years
of
the
of
are:
tramway, past,
FORESTRY
may on
9
work
to time,
salary
by
maintenance increased
bond
of
10
have
upward plant increased Business
it
defray
park
increases,
H.
state
the
such issues.
rides the
derived
been
to
accompanied
was of
expenses
to
N. are same
improvements
source localities
received These
addition
by
in
operations
needs
cent be
costs
biennium). agencies.
are income
continue, a
state
worth
from
was
bond
In
the
have salary visitors to is
of
to
differences answered
out
facilities
maintenance
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subject School
Increased
Added were Increased New Additional
Legislative
We
It
our
Although
At
are Many
by
tramway
in
increase
sufficient
and losses likely
84
equipment value.
ties use been
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that
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issuance seeable;
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were translated not,
that tinue. biennium.
ous
souvenirs merchandise
at
expectations, shire devoted that
as New through squares greater cannot tal
indicated quired agencies
our
absorb
many
you
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drain
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to charges
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of
operations
on
to
at costs largely
them and
favorable, as
to
to the
have
law
there
We
absorb
sacrificing basis.
functions the
our
go” our
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perform
great
weather;
us this
some
made
and facilities
our
which of
responsibilities, over
Lake
community
created
This
to
were
from unfair
attested by as shops,
state
finances.
REPORT
to
basis. over a
trend
and
trend state has to
now
conform policy
made as “pay
the an
Since this $30,000
the
the
in
state
policy
a
added
we
this
on
expected
potential park added sales.
been
appropriation,
and realignment which
we
a
New
the
costs of
burden
and salary a
director
line.
of
changed, years
net that
as
have In
OF
that
weighty
the might
and
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products.
Cannon
are
than
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is,
you above time
stands,
to addition by a
of
established of
RECREATION
Hampshire.
of
administrative from
were
mark-up
favorable the
however, This purchasing
no
pointed
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increases accounting we
some
legislative
additional
to
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new
have
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of
The
control)
this
expenses
burden.
have
absorb the
the
Mountain
“foreign”
hope
store
we
accounts;
unexpected, and direct bond
policy.
$10,000
to income.
worked
expenses but
increase However,
have
self-support
operating
with
on
been
difficult this,
re-statement
a trend
has
allowed that
DIVISION
payments
from
this
rather
approval
;
return
expense
this
store
practices We
salary
and
could
and
sensed
been
functions.
satisfaction
expected
annually
and however,
sources,
state
out;
to
with
in
Had
type
have
some in
for
a
to
in
income
and
maintain
we
of
to
the
by increases and Mt.
misinterpretation
be
salary
successful
but
justify
to these
Crawford
a
the were
park system
income
due weather
of
and
were the 40
included
balanced
promote
preference
which,
of
purchasing
Sunapee,
us
it
to
by
maintenance
as
we
merchandise
anticipation
New
is
governmen
would
We
to
was order
during
legislature operations
to
the Procedures
other they
values
on
estimated
expected
an
now
of
and
received
date
the
beyond
in Hamp
a are
exten
condi a
Notch
equip-
these were park
these
on
them
“pay
state seri
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and
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in
for
85 are
of
re
of
a 86 N. H. FORESTRY AND RECREATION COMMISSION ment inventory system as prescribed by the director of purchase and property; to adhere to employment, salary, and recording pro cedures set forth by the director of personnel. Our procedures have been examined by the legislative budget assistant, who indicated that some of our practices were not ac cepted standard procedure, and that we had not been completely instructed by some other agencies as to what these practices should be. We engaged assistance from a private concern to adjust our selves to the prescribed methods, and a manual of accepted pro cedures is being prepared for our guidance. When these procedures are put into full effect they will translate to a work load upon our administrative staff which will necessitate additional personnel and equipment. Changes have been made in our organization for greater effi ciency and greater coverage of our responsibilities. Matters of state park operation, maintenance, and planning are now the re sponsibility of the superintendent of state parks, who has an assist ant in operations and annual maintenance, and one in planning and heavy maintenance. There has been added to our staff a publicity director to handle requests for information, which have greatly in creased, and to improve channels through which publicity and pro motional efforts bring about a better understanding and a wider use of our recreational facilities. The favorable effect that our park system has upon state-wide business is becoming more widely recognized and acknowledged. The Tuck School’s scientific analysis of the influence shown by Franconia Notch upon tourist business is, we feel, significant. It seems desirable that further explorations of this type be carried out to obtain evidence which will be valuable in determining the worth of our state recreation system to private business, and will form a basis for judgment to our commission and the legislature in future planning, operations, and services.
HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE BIENNIUM . Improvements: Through legislative authorization of revenue bonds some $800,000 was expended to provide a new state park in Hollis and new T-bars and extended trails at Mt. Sunapee and Cannon Mountain. The added facilities at Mt. Sunapee were de signated as Hawes Hallet slopes, and those at Cannon Mountain the Roger Peabody Memorial slopes. Operations: Were extended by new developments and by greater park patronage each year. This required more seasonal personnel and added to our expenses. REPORT OF RECREATION DIVISION 87
Fiscal: Park administration, operation and maintenance was required by the legislature to pay its own way through the use of park income only. This policy is unique among the states. Adverse weather badly affected income at some areas usually most re munerative. Promotion: A new section devoted to promotion, publicity and advertising obtained very favorable public press and doubtless influenced increased park use. Merchandising: The volume of business in the sale of foods and souvenirs increased and a greater net was achieved through a close co-ordination of policies and procedures between the mer chandise office and the sales outlets. Special Reports: Several special studies and reports were made by various members of the staff on our own initiative and in co-ordination with other groups. Chief among these was a study of the economic importance to private business of Franconia Notch as a tourist attraction. This study wa made by the Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College with the Recrea tion Division co-operating. Copies of this report are available at the division office. The director of the division was requested by the governor to chairman an advisory committee concerned with Mt. Washington and its environs in order to achieve the greatest public benefit of the recreational, scientific, and national resource potential of this area. In connection with contemplated federal and state investments in public facilities in the Hampton Beach area, a study of the economic importance of this area upon the state’s economy was undertaken by the division through staff members at the University. I A firm of management consultants was engaged to make a study of various management problems at the Tramway, the Flume and in Merchandising sections and Mt. Sunapee State Park. As a result many changes in operational procedures and a clarification of policy brought about a more efficient operation. Continued study by the staff will result in even greater co-ordination and efficiency I in the future. Division Audit: The office of the legislative budget assistant made a 4-months detailed study of our accounting methods and pro I cedures. Instances of laxity and lack of control were pointed out. In order to conform to legal requirements, private management con sultants were engaged to prepare a manual of procedures to cover the requirements made of us by the personnel division, the director of accounts, and others. 88 N. H. FORESTRY AND RECREATION COMMISSION ADVERTISING, PUBLICITY, AND INFORMATION An advertising, publicity and information section was established in March, 1953, with a publicity director and clerical assistant, to consolidate the multiple tasks created by requests for special information and to carry out a planned information pro gram. Its principal functions are to promote greater and more varied use of the state parks by using all methods of disseminating information; and to create better public understanding of the department’s operations through public relations for its own per sonnel, other state agencies and the public. In establishing a planned publicity program, all recognized media were studied and many tested to find the most suitable and least expensive means of reaching potential patrons. The em phasis from the outset was placed on obtaining free publicity and supplementing it with a modest outlay for paid white space and radio advertising. A sustained, paid campaign, except for special events, was considered too costly for a state department. To obtain free publicity in magazines, newspapers, and over radio and television, a system was established for distributing news releases and lists of editors of specialty publications were pre pared. Previously established files of black and white and Koda chrome photographs were streamlined and many prints from both have been published in magazines and other publications. Most of the department’s general advertising—the distribu tion of information rather than “paid advertising”—has been in the form of free publicity obtained through magazine articles, news releases, television shorts, motion pictures, photographs, direct mail literature, posters, folders, display cards, travel shows exhibits, stickers and circulars. This has been augmented by buy ing a limited amount of advertising space in selected publications to call attention to such special events as concerts, horse shows or snow conditions in the winter. Some advertising was coordinated with organized groups directly concerned; viz, innkeepers near ski areas. Individual parks have been promoted by direct mail cam paigns to Boy Scout Groups, children’s camps and schools, music, historical and garden clubs, and by means of news releases and photographs, feature articles and photo stories prepared by the publicity director or from information supplied by him. Part of the increase of 28 percent in gross income in 1954 over 1953 at Monad nock State Park can be attributed to a mimeographed letter sent to all 49 Boy Scout Councils in New England which called attention to the adaptability of the park to Boy Scout activities. g e
e
1-I I to races, papers. were to gather porters travel campaign. director ments tions, cussed supervisors, radio vertisements clubs ments, ments by graphs—a folders, several mation proved to to ranted Mountain Hampshire all State carefully-selected stantially chambers sponse a A New the be promote great attract the parks, Besides Innkeepers The In To Most published sent in stations. Associated Park, he periodic when in agencies, information mutual to department. expense and August, enlarged Hampshire one in articles new attended the develop For ski deal campaign personally requests reduced a of of to residents. gathering and “Ski the radio photographs, of distributed more the journals, U. a in the regular winter commerce, one their of problems. the paid new travel news S. Mt. 1953, in by near Editors for publicity sporting aforementioned specialized interest Press REPORT photographs race, stations general ski Eastern from in radius. a most and newspapers. agency many also ski advertising folders served Sunapee. ski poor 1954 information, both sections releases, visits races, an special This facilities in he discuss literature free-lance Brochure” included popular publications—all other extensive and OF Posters season. and Boston goods New director, paid and for helped ski Amateur in was In as and to assisted RECREATION information articles the the of budgetary areas a increase state an methods newspapers for snow campaign the England This campaign then newspapers ski abandoned reporter, stores was pieces full printing To the were and summer make effort writers, publicity and displays, accompanied with areas trail departments, were Ski ski insure originated included reporting, under reports for placement posters made and arranged of patronage of arrangements Association, to reasons columnists and graphs, guides. DIVISION newspaper was is kept of writing promotion, columnists, operating accompanied of was winter in increase construction campaign wide in others also and special available exhibits of for 1953. other the conducted the abreast 1954 conducted the by newsletters to of over by their distributed descriptive for coverage The etc. literature summer and the at cover in paid preparation events. Eastern and announcement the travel attendance This as in and metropolitan the photographs map-makers, Mt. and was a to guides use department. dispatching for of an respective at winter by sports Post advertise with a ski publicity paid was develop Sunapee and planned the through smaller, conven of Cannon supple of unwar photo- These issued news to clubs, infor in have card 1953 New two sub As- dis ad re all re to of 89 at a
a
the the
the
be
cir
Mt. the
per
tent
and
dual
time
were
Sun
color
local July, news
“gim
guid
a
entire
radio, Moose winter by
widely
of
for posters
Cannon
was
a October
in
six-page
her footage.
list.
free Mt.
by high
3,000,000
at
magazine.
magazine,
in
the
archers,
the days a with
publication purchase
with
by
three good)
newspapers
of of
were
This
film
of
park
desired
To
photographers approximately
director’s
describing
the
sections
Bowmen,
enclosed
Association,
and
field
information
skiing
from
entire
far-West. the
Distributed
name
attended
depicting
their and
and
machine all
cost Archery
worked
estimated
at selected
posters
attended
from
American
distribution
607
park. magazine remarkably
cards two
and
in COMMISSION
the for
considered
approval to was
white
an
articles
furnishing advertising
publicity
from the
made.
Archery
is
have
and
the
poster
this
woman writers
post
1953,
gathering
publicity
Hampshire the
poster
and of
photographs. spent
pre-season
in
the
member.
director
event in
points
of
three
the received
in in
spread
Wirephoto
been
park
of
of
general
Field
cards—a
He
attracted
reached
was
mid-West
planned would
the
and
published
New
percent
Tournament
young
issue
week
distributed
black
meeting
winter RECREATION
had the
who
patrol
liked the
of
a space
press
a
group
a
national
the
(six and
to a East,
vantage
calls
of
event
of
he
ski publicity
business
portable
publicity AND
were first
1954,
the
men
for
National
eight
to
indicated campaign,
for for
the
return-address
its
spend Archery
photograph
2,500,000
and
distribution
with
The
the
photograph by
in
the
department
example
with
to A
July,
only
received photographs.
percent arrangement,
foliage
of
advertising
whether
arrangement campaign
nucleus the
Field than
telephone
the
install
not guard FORESTRY
simple,
the
planned
from attendance, for
of
photograph
nationwide
blue-ribbon
an
prepared to fall wide.
tournament to
newspaper
national
the H.
in
Park
cameramen
life
check working
for
more published
park, company with
Press,
the readers.
They
a
a
the
previous N.
arrangements cooperation
for
nation.
and cost
such
and
Fifty-two
to
were Press
of outstanding
boost National
oil
in
as
groups
archers
accompanied on
the another
amount By
In
State
publication
was
the
far an
composite at
To
An
only time record
the
widely
In
Archery’s
furnished
television
a
making
Mountain first but distributed sociated posters. centage recipient
returned. of
90 mick” services Associated newspaper was
article, photographs, Brook The
in $46,000.
sites culation from similar 1954. official
Sunapee fore
across
releases new nation. apee archery magazine
locating
ing tournament, REPORT OF RECREATION DIVISION 91 Inquiries for state park information resulting from the dis j tribution of previously mentioned material totaled close to 2,000 during 10 months of 1953 (no records were kept in January and February), compared to 4,046, in the full year of 1954. Requests from April through September, 1954, increased 73 percent over the same period of 1953. From October through December, 1954, they rose 107 percent over the comparable period of 1953. In the field of public relations, the section works closely with the several region associations, innkeepers near state parks, the State Fish and Game Department, the State Planning and Develop ment Commission, This is New Hampshire, Inc., transportation companies, travel agencies and special groups in the general pro motion of New Hampshire recreation. It has cooperated in the design and transportation of exhibits for travel shows with the e region associations, the State Motor Vehicle Department and the 0 State Planning and Development Commission. For two years, it has handled all publicity for an aquatic school sponsored coopera e tively by the department, the American National Red Cross and e the State Board of Education. r The publicity director makes periodic field trips for informa tion and advises park supervisors on their relationship with the 4 press and public. By such cooperation the efforts of each are e extended toward more valuable results in the promotion of New Hampshire.
MERCHANDISING During its first three years of operation, this division concen trated on building volume until the end of the 19 52-53 period when it was felt the comparative saturation point had been reached.
• Since then, the objective has been to return the highest net profit possible for each dollar of cash income. Gross income during the first four fiscal years of operation was as follows: 1950-51 $345,673.42 1951-52 $407,309.97 1952-53 $456,325.72 1953-54 $462,375.01 The increase of $116,701.59 over a four-year period was realized with only two more retail units, both of relatively minor importance, in 1953-54 than in the previous biennium. And, despite an increase in the administrative work load, only two em ployees were added to the staff—one each in the office and stock room. 92 N. H. FORESTRY AND RECREATION COMMISSION
Administrative and operational functions of this unit were verified by a legislative audit and an almost simultaneous review by a consultant in the spring of 1954. Records were found in order and efficiently administered. Recommendations were made to adopt various staff proposals for future procedural changes in purchasing, pricing and inventory controls, as well as in various phases of personnel policy, accounting procedures and staff super vision. More selective buying of souvenir items for resale was in itiated in 1954, and will continue for another year to reduce the 6,000-odd items carried in stock by about half. This policy was adopted to eliminate articles competitive with each other and to reduce overhead and administrative costs; and because of a short age of stockroom space and knowledge of tourists’ buying habits based on analysis of sales. Service to the public, generally recognized as a sound business practice, in some instances reaches the ultimate in the state- operated retailing program. Merchandise often is offered for sale with the needs of the tourist, rather than a normal or even a satis factory net profit, the principal consideration. Moreover, we operate retail units in areas which are not intended to be self- sufficient. These practices are part of the department’s policy of serving the public even though a profit is not shown. Careful and continual attention is devoted to the quality and uniformity of souvenirs, food and beverages to safeguard the public and to maintain the department’s reputation for service. Our souvenir business has been built on the concept that our customers are in New Hampshire to enjoy its scenery and recrea tional advantages. By offering for sale high quality merchandise which “sells” a view rather than a product, this section plays its part in promoting the state’s recreation business. Constant effort is being made to reproduce graphically the state’s attractions on merchandise since every item, if it has the proper appeal, has potential advertising value. The colorful booklet, “The Land of Scenic Splendor,” is an example of a product which “sells” the park system to a “captive audience.” An outstanding achievement in helping to “Sell New Hamp shire” during the biennium was the substantial increase in cash payments made directly to business enterprises engaged in manu facturing, wholesaling, and distributing re-sale merchandise within the borders of the state. REPORT OF RECREATION DIVISION 93
Payments were made as follows to 172 individual business con cerns:
Transportation of re-sale merchandise 9 concerns $ 4,125.85 Purchases of food 65 concerns $107,104.27 All other purchases 98 concerns $ 84,402.72 Totals 172 concerns $195,632.84
The following comparisons show the percentage of our total expenditures directly returned to New Hampshire concerns in the last two fiscal years:
Cash Income Total Expenditures From Sales Expenditures In N. H.
1952-53 $456,325.72 $252,032.88 $ 92,812.90 36.82% 1953-54 $462,375.01 $263,680.71 $102,819.94 38.99% Totals $918,700.73 $515,713.59 $195,632.84 37.93%
The two-year average of 37.93% can be considered a good start. However, this phase of the section’s operations is still in the initial stages and a great deal remains to be accomplished.
SUMMARY OF FUNDS AVAILABLE AND EXPENDITURES
195253 1953-54 (Fiscal :1953) (Fiscal 1954)
Balance Brougli t Forward from Old Year $78,622.04 $58,404.20 Other Funds Revenue from Operations 697,234.95 722,095.81 Transfers in 1,783.70 Legislative Appropriation 1,000.00 TOTAL AVA1LAIILN $831640.69 $780500.07
Bxpenditures: Personal Services $443,341.26 $508,608.52 Citrreiit Expenses 185,152.74 181,126.34 Travel 7,413.71i 7,286.59 Equipment 13,500.67 18,058,70 Other 10:1,825.00 44,760.00 TOTAL EXPENDiTURES $773,236.43 $760,440.15 Transfer to Salary AdjustiontFtind — 5500() 760,990.15 AM()UNT CARRIED TO NEW YEAR $5S,404i6 $19,509.92
F NEW HAMPSHIRE FORESTRY AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT RECREATION DIVISION Statement of Operations for the Fiscal Years 1953 and 1954
1952-53 1953-54 (Fiscal 1953) (Fiscal 1954) Operating Operating Z Profit Profit Expenses Income or Loss Expenses Income or Loss
Overhead Expenses: Administrative Office $44,580.95 $12,802.66 Adv. Promotion and Inf 29,567.32 28,200.63 Area Operation 15,346.24 6,795.57 Design, Dev. and Maint 11,678.41 18,662.21 Merchandising 32,467.70 43,746.88 Supply Depot 9,341.72 14,038.39 Prison Program 8,989.18 8,477.74 Employees’ Retirement 6,650.13 7,300.96 Purchase of Land (Cathedral Ledge) 250.00
TOTAL OVERHEAD EXPENSES .... $158,621.65 $170,275.04 Operation of Areas: Annett Wayside $979.88 $788.75 —$191.13 $1,210.36 $1,867.85 $657.49 Bear Brook 40,183.84 27,014.93 —13,168.91 37,259.84 27,049.74 —10,210.10 Cardigan 302.40 —302.40 300.50 —300.50 Chesterfield 773.88 455.85 —318.03 1,012.27 569.00 —443.27 dough 601.98 —601.98 510.59 —510.59 Crawford Notch 25,283.28 32,846.01 7,562.73 33,128.44 33,905.38 776.94 Dixville Notch 205.74 —205.74 301.28 —301.28 Duston, Hannah 953.73 —953.73 Echo Lake 2,360.19 2,580.20 22001 2,842.69 2,788.40 —54.29 Forest Lake 2,190.54 2,079.10 —111.44 2,084.67 3,176.55 1,091.88 Franconia Notch and Aerial Tramway 240,309.03 450,422.52 203,463.36 284,548.43 449,493.67 164,945.24 Hampton Beach 21,214.55 31,068.93 9,854.38 19,142.59 32,517.41 13,374.82 Hilton 3,377.66 1,381.25 —1,996.41 3,099.33 2,121.70 —977.63 Honey Brook 235.47 —235.47 469.85 —469.85 Honey Brook 235.47 —235.47 469.85 —469.85
Kingston 9,485.67 19,292.97 9,807.30 9,571.00 21,469.34 11,898.34 Merrimack Wayside Milan Hill 1,275.72 322.40 —953.32 898.08 389.90 —508.18 Miller 668.74 1,318.90 650.16 1,396.06 2,141.95 745.89
Monadnock . 6,708.44 5,375.07 —1,333.37 7,452.80 5,932.28 —1,520.52 Moose Brook 2,889.63 2,907.19 17.56 4,495.36 3,283.36 —1,212.00 Pierce, Franklin (Homestead) 3,423.36 389.30 —3,034.06 3,570.02 1,251.25 —2,318.77 Pillsbury 1,099.02 169.00 —930.02 2,749.77 309.15 —2,440.62 Prospect, Mt 1,559.93 1,153.87 —406.06 1,581.12 975.41 —605.71 Rents and Leases 451.21 666.55 215.34 10.98 479.15 468.17 Rhododendron 1,557.31 467.25 —1,090.06 1,062.91 878.55 —184.36 Rye Harbor 1,929.41 2,094.40 164.99 1,944.28 2,511.08 566.80 Shore Beach 2,409.19 —2,409.19 1,142.89 —1,142.89 Silver Lake 191.58 318.25 126.67 C Sunapee, Mt 101,887.90 75,308.46 —26,579.44 81,965.58 86,091.75 4,126.17 Toll Gate 2,273.91 1,361.35 —912.56 2,320.75 1,412.70 —908.05 Wadleigh 3,249.10 2,588.61 —660.49 3,994.15 2,634.70 —1,359.45 0 Wallis Sands 1,019.34 135.50 —883.84 1,264.09 114.50 —1,149.59 Webster, Daniel (Memorial) 2,038.03 1,178.59 —859.44 2,098.04 1,151.49 —946.55 Wellington 5,965.78 11,693.99 5,728.21 7,983.28 12,334.12 4,350.84 C) Wentworth 3,197.03 2,869.67 —327.36 4,199.47 3,122.66 —1,076.81 1”I White Lake 17,717.88 17,999.44 281.56 16,472.37 20,429.92 3,957.55 Winslow Site 1,964.74 1,304.90 —659.84 2,175.96 1,374.60 —801.36 0 TOTAL OPERATIONS $510,789.78 $697,234.95 $179,795.04 $545,405.11 $722,095.81 $176,690.70 TOTAL OPERATIONS AND OVERHEAD $669,411.43 $27,823.52 $715,680.15 $6,415.66 Ci) Other Commitments: 0 Recreation Bonds and Interest z (Laws of 1947) $50,000.00 $16,360.00 Mt. Sunapee Bonds and Interest (Laws of 1941) 28,825.00 28,400.00 Timber Tax 25,000.00
TOTAL OTHER COMMITMENTS $103,825.00 $44,760.00 GRAND TOTAL $773,236.43 —$76,001.48 $760,440.15 —$38,344.34
CD is
an
to
de
by
sell
that
con
is
cents
from 1954
area,
build
Their
to
nearby
would
area
Spruce
a
10
“Nature
because
(Beaver)
attended
the
afford
This
public
Overnight
to
the
CCC
interest
cost
relieve
in
popular
to
area,
entire
well
of to
increased
car.
the
the so
from day.
held
permitted
cannot Shingle
construct
so-called
The
not
CCC
in
Use only
changed
lack
abandoned
to and
communities.
the
was
was
the
COMMISSION
response
the
come
private
proved
was
PARK
were
periods.
1954.
In
been
to
1954.
use
his
presently
bordering
from
and during nearby annually in
in sites.
apparent
has weekends
available
They
peak concerts
insurance
charge
program.
STATE sites six
from and
on
supervisor in
WAYSIDE
1954
1952
tent
a
days
are
and
RECREATION
continue
19,449
band revenue.
annually
OPERATIONS in
riding
of reviewed. and
tent
building
the
area
to
Camps.
such
stand
AND liability
more
department
18 parking
funds
BROOK
sold
1953
camper
cigarettes
being
weather
ANNETT
patrons
1952
PARK
experiment.
evening persons
group
The
Pond
Manchester shelter in
with
summer is
cents
until
public
of Pines”),
in
additional
were include and
encourage an
BEAR
cool
the
25
supervise
FORESTRY
and
the
12,000
to
area
eight
to
as
6,000
the
in
added
to
days
refreshment
H.
in Spruce
carry
the
of
of
candy
Concord,
measure
netting
N.
revenue.
Riding
the
than
majority
Island
and
of
were
season
continuance
must
1953,
at
average
unusually
camping
(a
series
program
Use
building
camper
expanded opened
the
In
Hill
A
drinks,
adult,
Refreshments A
More
to
sites
personnel A
exceed
lessee
96 per
mand “Cathedral
emergency soft
ing.
Camping 2,330 being
Pond five
Sales
gestion
Lore”
Concerts
summer possible due
residents Group
Pond, groups Bear a Horseback
hire
far
ing
ment
and in
accommodate grounds
suiting
maintenance
tries
to
total
percent
ing
Cash products
New to
Income
has sideration
to
Route
parks,
creasingly Since
been
Winter
the
continue
June
10
needs
after
will
Several
increased
Under
A From
and
A
sa1es
of Hampshire
Mild
sales
discontinued.
spring
cents
there
9.
since
in
“New
parking
souvenirs.
less
Program
30,
landscaped
help
manufactured
businesses.
the
and
increased
Upon
at
in
weather
as
1950,
popular
this
capital
per
1954,
operational
was
than
the
of
the
supervisor
the
report),
to
the
to
a
Hampshire
CRAWFORD
in
CHESTERFIELD
1954
adult.
store
make central
charge
number
furnish
completion
Products
park.
less
when
summer recent
public,
REPORT
that
gross
The
and
improvements
usage hampered
in
Skating,
to
than
to
the
HAMPTON
the
of
1953.
this
in
Development
income
store
dispense gave
Although of
yields
changes
years. point
additional
encourage
of
a
FOREST
OF
of
other
Store”
this
park
of
section
one
beach 25
tourists
park
of
1954 NOTCH
RECREATION
particularly
it
grossed
46
to
state
cents
Public
considerable
that
plans
week
a increased
souvenir
self-sustaining.
GORGE
percent
have
light
furnish
devoted
rustic
was
totaled
the
was
of
LAKE
BEACH
(see
service.
New
entering
was
project,
per
the
of
STATE
for
plans
reaction
about
margin
been
transferred
lunches
greatly
atmosphere
skiing
set
design,
car
beachhouse
Hampshire’s
items,
in
WAYSIDE
by DIVISION
information
both
$22,000
105
to
up
await
made income.
the
$1,500
the
groups,
the
was
the
PARK
of
percent.
in
was
and
in
skiing
enlarged this
first
area
profit
state
development
an
exclusive
two
changed
the
to
or
to
in
a immediate,
by
existing
has
division
satisfy
summer.
29
was
small
is
this
its
re’ocation
on
for
small
and
years,
is
renovation.
under
percent
become
about
first
that
set
and
all
division,
in skating.
sale
assort
grow
indus
build
aside
plans
it
year
state
road
1953
and
con
the
ten
re
To
has
in
of
of
of
97 1. T
98 N. H. FORESTRY AND RECREATION COMMISSION Playground Slides, teeter boards, swings and merry-go-rounds were in stalled late in 1953 and the area surrounded by a fence. An at tendant was provided to watch over children unaccompanied by parents.
Square Dances Introduced experimentally in the summer of 1951, weekly square dances were slow in catching the public fancy until this division solicited the cooperation of several large square dance groups in the state. By improving facilities in the beachhouse, paid attendance has increased from about 800 in the first year to 2,000 in 1954.
Refreshments Increased attendance, particularly on weekends, required entirely new food dispensing. By rearranging and rebuilding counters and installing a cafeteria system, much of the conges tion has been relieved, and efficiency and income have increased. Further development is being considered.
Parking The charge at the central parking area was increased in 1954 from 25 to 50 cents per car to conform to charges made by the Town of Hampton. Certain sections of both parking areas have been rented to cabin and hotel owners to aid them in relieving parking problems.
HILTON Because of its accessibility in Great Bay, a dock and floating stage constructed in the fall of 1953 attracted numerous boat and yacht clubs and private boatmen, and encouraged boating activity there in 1954. Plans for greater use depend upon the acquisition of more experience in its operation. Other plans for the park await completion of an addition to Route 16.
MONADNOCK The sale of soda, candy and cigarettes at the summit of Mt. Monadnock—started experimentally in the fall of 1952—increased so rapidly that the summit caretaker-watchman has sold these REPORT OF RECREATION DIVISION 99
items seven days a week for two years. Sales during 1954 totaled $1,600, or 77 percent of total income from stores at the park. An increase in camping business, particularly by Boy Scout groups, required the construction of additional tent sites.
PILLSBURY Two years after it was turned over to this division in the spring of 1952, this area was operated with the then existing facil ities. Campers and day visitors used the same area at Mill Pond. A new campground, including tent sites, was built in the May Pond area in the fall of 1953 and included water and toilets. Camping use increased tremendously in 1954. The area is adver tised for “wilderness camping” for those desiring primitive-type accommodations.
SILVER LAKE Development of this area as a state park started in the fall of 1953 and was completed in the summer of 1954, under a capital improvement program (see design, development and maintenance its 4 report). Since the public insisted on using the park before with e development was complete, it began operating June 26, 1954, were e temporary facilities which complicated operations. Tents used as bathhouses and a portable water system was installed. Operations were smoother after completion of the permanent build ings in August. Governor Hugh Gregg dedicated the park on August 23, at a public ceremony attended by members of the Governor’s Coun cil, the Forestry and Recreation Commission, representative state, county and local officials, and Russell B. Tobey, director of this division, and his staff. The ceremony was followed by a chicken barbecue and entertainment. It seems reasonable to expect this park will be self-supporting, since it drew heavily in its first season from the Manchester Nashua, Boston-Lowell areas.
WENTWORTH Congestion was relieved by the addition of several new picnic sites in the fall of 1952 and enlargement of the parking area in the spring of 1954. 100 N. H. FORESTRY AND RECREATION COMMISSION Special Events An annual Water Fun Day is staged by the supervisor with the cooperation of local communities and the Lakes Region Association to encourage children between the ages of three and 18 to par ticipate in aquatic programs in or near their communities. Started as swimming competition, the event has been expanded to include beauty contests, a band concert, a bean-hole bean supper and square dance. Several hundred children and their parents par ticipated in the program in August, 1954, when it was renamed Community Day. All park facilities are available without charge and ribbons are given to winners of events.
NEW HAMPSHIRE RECREATION DiVISION
Fiscal Four-Year Comparison — Camper Days
Area 1951 1952 1953 1954 Bear Brook 2,330 5,479 Crawford—Dry River 1,326 1,159 904 1.187 Franconia—Lafayette 6,150 8,115 7,629 10,613 Milan 588 436 257 384 Monadnock 4,939 5,357 3,216 4,142 Moose Brook 4,650 5,580 3,798 5,003 Pillsbury 143 193 Mt. Sunapee 2,378 2,298 1,495 White Lake 17,777 25,074 31,780 40,466 Total Camper Days 35,430 48,099 52,355 68,962
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facilities 101 NEW HAMPSHIRE RECREATION DIVISION C Comparable Statistics Items Fiscal 1951 Fiscal 1952 Fiscal 1953 Fiscal 1954 r Attendance 1,311,237 1,505,474 1,752,187 1,915,935 Income $506,648.40 $618,576.00 $697,234.95 $722,095.81 H Operating Expenses $576,219.83 $556,494.47 $669,411.43 $715,680.15 Other Expenses (1) 55,861.14 (2) 143,960.51 (3) 103,825.00 (4) 44,760.00 0
C12 ‘-3 ‘-1 (1) Recreation Bond of ‘47 $50,000.00 (3) Recreation Bond of ‘47 $50,000.00 Old Year Reserve 5,861.14 55,861.14 Mt. Sunapee Bond and Interest 28,825.00 Timber Tax 25,000.00 103,825.00 p3 p3 (2) Recreation Bond of ‘47 $50,000.00 p3 Mt. Sunapee Bond and (4) Recreation Bond and ‘-3 H Interest 29,250.00 of ‘47 $16,360.00 0 Timber Tax 25,000.00 Mt. Sunapee Bond and Old Yeai Reserve 39,710.51 143,960.51 Interest 28,400.00 44,760.00 (.) 0
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Wentworth
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Wellington Rye
Wadleigh Rhododendron
Silver Pillsbury
Moose Monadnock Hilton Forest
Mt. Mt. Miller Hampton
Kingston Franconia
Milan Echo
Endicott
Clough State
Bear
Cardigan
Crawford
Kearsarge
Wayside
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Sunapee
Grand
Totals
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Brook
Park
Lake
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Lake
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Lake
Duston Sites
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HAMPSHIRE
REPORT
Attendance
OF
RECREATION
1,311,237
RECREATION 1,270,174
—
102,675
594,036 123,659
107,268
20,000
33,000
31,954
37,547
10,986 57,398
31,059
18,198
87,506
1951
2,000
5,000
1,000
8,063
1,000
4,000
2,000
5,563
9,022
7,115
5,213 4,812
5,689 5,218
5,822
2,594
6,399
5,469 4,000
5,339
1,196
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1,505,474
1,463,630
121,408
661,708 156,389
138,445
104,122
20,000
35,272
DIVISION
43,618
11,762 41,264
72,526
11,368
19,832
18,981
1952
Comparison
DIVISION
5,000
1,000
2,000
6,572
1,196 2,000
6,076 4,072
4,831
8,237
2,489
4,093
6,802
6,679
4,380
6,386
1,683
4,000
1,806 9,321
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1,752,187
1,694,038
103,843
244,207
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164,824 672,733
133,734
49,526
20,000
13,325
60,211
17,551 58,686
12,306 23,997 95,268
12,900
11,894
17,435
1953
2,000
5,000
1,500
7,701
8,623
2,000
4,055
2,568
8,743
9,799
3,149
7,799
9,191
8,907
9,319 4,000
1,777
1,500 265
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1,915,935
1,828,568
132,675
699,522 250,837
106,540
181,085
136,654
20,000
69,669
31,556
17,698
10,927
67,991
63,025
19,079
12,921
12,692
25,869
13,279
14,476
17,415
14,198 18,807
1954
2,000
5,000
1,500 9,613
4,771
2,000
2,150
9,223
5,934
6,589
9,448
4,000
1,871
1,500
103 788 104 N. H. FORESTRY AND RECREATION COMMISSION
DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE
During the 1953-1954 biennium, emphasis was given to Capital expansion projects as provided by Chapter 240 of the Laws of 1951 and by Chapter 254 of the Laws of 1953. The amounts of these appropriations and their expenditures are as follows:
1951 CAPITAL APPROPRIATION $100,000.00 Bear Brook: Extension of Shingle Pond Camping Areat 6,520.16 Extension of Picnic Area 1,078.39 Forest Lake: Construction of 300’ beach, filling of swamp to provide lawn area, grading and terracing of walks and slopes, construction of 12 new picnic sites, regrading of park ing area, installation of new sills under beachhouse, reshingling of beachhouse roof and painting and stain ing entire structure 8,137.15 Franconia Notch: Alterations to Tramway Valley Station 1,156.96 Repair of Lonesome Lake A.M.C. hut;:: 2,159.70 Hampton Beach: Repair of beachhouse 1,292.13 Kingston: Extension of parking area::: 2,789.93 Moose Brook: Extension of camping area 2,434.10 Mount Prospect: Repair and painting of main building and installation of playground equipment 3,786.11 Mount Sunapee: Extension of ski trails 13,269.73 Addition of 12 chairs to chairlift 2,159.76 Construction of new rope tow 4,034.77 Wadleigh: Relocation of town road, construction of parking area, extension of picnic area, construction of entrance gate and construction of walks 6,241.00 Wentworth: Extension of parking area 952.90 White Lake: Extension of camping area 16,290.81 Other Expenditures: Construction of 12 new diving floats 2,438.24 Land acquisition 2,100.00 Miscellaneous studies, surveys, and engineering charges by Public Works and Highways 24,427.89
1953 CAPITAL APPROPRIATION $722,000.00 Bear Brook: New toilet building and water system for picnic area .... 10,000.00 * Jiidi,ntes ]nnJo(ts begun in hue preceding biennituun. REPORT OF RECREATION DIVISION 105
Franconia Notch: Electric Power Cable $27,654.19 Tramway Sewerage System° 50,000.00 Extension of ski trails and facilities 305,000.00 Design and furnishing of two T-bars $102,592.25 Erection of two T-bars 62,338.43 Construction of first section of base buflding 16,976.00 I Construction of parking areas and ‘ sewage disposal system 28,214.83 Construction of temporary base 12,596.41 es building 12,596.41 Cutting and clearing trails and slopes 34,324.79 Bulldozing, grading, fertilizing, and seeding of 50 acres of trails, slopes, 00 and lift lines 27,868.37 Store equipment 7,516.13 Surveying, engineering charges, and 16 overhead 12,572.79 39 Franklin Pierce Homestead: Repair of building and landscaping° 10,000.00 Kingston: Construction of toilet and dressing building 10,000.00 Mount Sunapee: Extension of ski trails and facilities 150,000.00 Design and furnishing of one T-bar $61,632.00 15 Erection of one T-bar 38,222.95 Construction of parking area 7,998.74 96 ‘ Construction and equipping of T-bar 70 building 13,803.36 Surveying, engineering charges, and 13 overhead 7,977.71 Bulldozing, grading, fertilizing and 93 seeding of 30 acres of trails, slopes, and lift lines 20,365.24 10 Silver Lake: ‘ General development project 150,000.00 See Director’s Report 11 White Lake: Extension of beach and picnic area and construction 73 of vending stand° 12,000.00
*Ji1dieetes projccts not completed.
4 WORK PERFORMED WITH OPERATIONAL FUNDS Rear Brook State Park — A 40-car parking area was con struCted at the Archery Pond area. - Chesterfield Gorge Wayside Area — Foot trails and bridges were reconditioned and four new picnic sites were constructed. Crawford Notch State Park — A new cold weather water system was constructed to serve the supervisor’s cabin. Altera tions were carried out within the main store. The interior of the unique “New Hampshire Products” store was completely reno vated. The wildlife exhibit area was improved and several new cages were constructed. 106 N. H. FORESTRY AND RECREATION COMMISSION General landscape improvements were carried out at the central area. Franconia Notch State Park — Extensive repairs were made to the Flume covered bridge. Foot trails and bridges at the Flume and Pool were improved. The new and spectacular “Zoomer” ski trail was bulldozed and graded, in conjunction with the capital ski extension project. The lower T-bar unloading area was improved, a new ticket house erected, and the “Lower Cannon” trail was widened along its entire length. Hampton Beach State Park — A playground apparatus area was constructed and enclosed by a chain link fence. The public dock on Hampton Harbor was repaired. Hannah Duston Memorial — A portion of the eroding river bank was stabilized, the parking area was graded and enlarged, and general landscape improvements were carried out. The me morial itself was sandblasted to remove accumulated dust. Hilton State Park — A new dock and floating stage were corn pleted. Two dry toilet buildings and a collector’s booth were constructed. Kingston State Park — Work was started on improvement of the lawn area behind the beach. Milan Hill State Park — A new water pump was purchased. Its installation and the construction of a new pump house were carried out by the Forestry Division. Monadnock State Park — A study was carried out in coopera tion with Public Works personnel to determine whether a new town reservoir site could be located so that the present reservoir might be used for swimming. A major forest fire swept over 160 acres on the mountain and was extinguished at a cost of $22,000. Mount Prospect State Park — The roof of the main reservoir tank was rebuilt. Pillsbury State Park — Fourteen new campsites were added and general grading work carried out on walks, drives, and park ing areas. Rye Harbor State Park — Children’s play apparatus was in stalled. Wellington State Park — The beachhouse was reshingled, stained, and painted and the shelter was rebuilt. Wentworth State Park — The beachhouse was painted and playground equipment installed. White Lake State Park — The supervisor’s cabin and the camp ground toilet buildings were painted.
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fireplaces
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published
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to
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mill
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161 164
170
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Duties
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Places
State
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Lake
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places LEGISLATION 109
CHAPTER 218 An Act Relative to the Construction of Sea Walls on State-Owned Land in the Town of Hampton Authorizes Governor and Council to construct sea wall in cooperation with U. S. Corps of Engineers, such wall when com pleted to be maintained and operated by Recreation Division which may make charges for parking. Bond issue authorized to meet construction costs.
CHAPTER 242 An Act Relating to the Appropriation for Timber Tax j Reimbursement Fund Authorizes bond issue of $350,000 for reimbursement until October 1, 1955.
CHAPTER 248 An Act Making Appropriations for the Expenses of Certain Depart ments of the State for the Year Ending June 30, 1954. Includes Forestry and Recreation Divisions.
CHAPTER 249 An Act Making Appropriations for the Expenses of Certain Depart ments of the State for the year Ending June 30, 1955
CHAPTER 254 An Act to-Provide More Adequate Accommodations on Public Recreational Areas Authorizes bond issue for permanent improvements on State Parks.
CHAPTER 256 An Act Relative to Forest Conservation and Taxation Amends reports required and other details of administration. Provision for inventory of volume of growing wood and timber to be submitted by land owners.
I 110 N. H. FORESTRY AND RECREATION COMMISSION
CHAPTER 265 An Act Providing for Salaries of Unclassified State Officials and Establishing Certain Positions Provides for Assistant Director of Recreation.
CHAPTER 266 An Act Relative to Compensation of Legislative Attaches and Others, Duties of Tax Commission, Connecticut River Flood Con trol, Legislative Budget Assistant, State Flag, Forestry Division, Reimbursement for Mileage, Weirs Beach, Classified State Employees Authorizes, with Governor and Council approval, Forestry Division to expend any additional federal funds received in excess of those anticipated in the budget. Funds received from sale of Endicott Rock Park to be used by Recreation Division for im provement of Weirs Beach.
CHAPTER 272 Joint Resolution Providing for an Appropriation to Reimburse the Governor’s Emergency Fund Appropriates $81,000 to reimburse fund for moneys expended to pay town fire bills for Success fire.
CHAPTER 280 Joint Resolution Relative to Lookout Tower on Crotched Mountain Directs Forestry Division to maintain forest fire lookout tower on Crotched Mountain during hazardous fire conditions. Special appropriations for repairs and maintenance.
CHAPTER 283 Joint Resolution in Favor of the County of Coos County to be paid $4,192.79 from the timber tax reimburse ment fund for loss of taxes on unincorporated places in 1950. LEGISLATION 111
CHAPTER 291 Joint Resolution Relating to a Survey and Study of Utilizing Abandoned Roads Forestry and Recreation Commission directed to appoint com mittee to study possible uses of abandoned roads.
CHAPTER 306 Joint Resolution Relative to a Study of Sports Activities in the Mount Washington, Pinkham and Crawford Notch Areas Appropriates $2500 for expenses of Forestry and Recreation Commission in making study to expand summer and winter sports activities.