Author : John W. Weeks
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780656393466
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (934 download)
Book Synopsis Acquiring Land for the Protection of Watersheds for the Conservation of Navigable Streams by : John W. Weeks
Download or read book Acquiring Land for the Protection of Watersheds for the Conservation of Navigable Streams written by John W. Weeks and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-12 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Acquiring Land for the Protection of Watersheds for the Conservation of Navigable Streams: Report The main centers for such mountainous and nonagricultural lands in the Southern' Appalachians are, first, the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee, South Carolina and Georgia; second, the Allegheny Moun tains of eastern and southern West Virginia and western Virginia, and, third, the Cumberland Mountains of eastern Kentucky, Tennessee, and northern Alabama. These lands include the main mountain ranges, and the roughest, wildest land of the region. Naturally, they embrace a smaller proportion of agricultural lands than other parts of the region, and those which they do embrace have for the most part been eliminated, as will be seen from the irregular boundaries on the map. Regard less Oi these eliminations they still include some small bodies of agricultural lands. These areas, though they contain only 40 per cent of the timber'ed land of the Southern Appalachians, include almost all of the virgin timber lands, because the virgin timber which remains is mostly situated on the high mountains. Even though these lands do produce an inferior grade of timber, their sole use must be for timber production. There is no other crop which will hold the gravelly, stony soil in place and keep it from clogging the channels of streams and covering the agricultural. Valleys which lie below. These nonagricultural and mountainous' lands, approxi mating acres, give rise to all the important streams which have their source in the Southern Appalachians. They are therefore the vital portions of these mountains. Whatever work is done to protect the Southern Appalachians must center in these areas. The proportion to which these lands fall into different States and watersheds is shown in the following tables. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
