Annual Forestry Report (1957)
National Park Service, Acadia National Park. 1957. Annual Forestry Report (1957). Acadia National Park
A report on the forestry activities in Acadia National Park. Includes reports on invasive forest insect control, fire prevention, and other forestry activities. This report outlines the forestry activities performed in Acadia during the year 1957. It gives a description of the progress made since the previous year with regards to fire prevention and insect/disease control. There is an explanation of fire prevention and suppression techniques used, occasions of use, and employee training. The document also provides information on invasive insects and fungi like beech scale, sawflies, gypsy moths, and white pine blister rust. There is a description of wood utilization. Includes photos. /STUDY LOCATIONS:/ /MOUNT DESERT ISLAND/
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- National Park Service, Acadia National Park
- Date of Issue
- 1957
- Units
- ACAD
- Keywords
- aphids, Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera), Disease, Fire History, Fire Management, Fire Prevention, Fire Suppression, Forest, Fungi, Gypsy Moth (Lymantria dispar), Insects (Insecta), Mount Desert Island, Plants, Population, sawflies (Hymenoptera), White Pine (Pinus strobus), White Pine Blister Rust (Cronartium ribicola)