Forest History Society Photograph Collection Sample Images: Clear Cutting -- Blocks / FHS1237th

Image ID:  FHS1237
Image Date:  [ca. 1930s]
Image Title:  [Simpson Logging Company block cut in Washington forest.]
Image Caption:  Caption 1: Washington. Shokomish operation of Simpson Logging Company.

Caption 2: This is how a block cutting or "staggered settings" operation in an area of even-aged old timber looks from the air. Clumps of trees along the ridges in the background have been left to seed the patches from which 200-year-old timber has been removed. On average, 60 percent of the cut-over areas will be restocked in five years. Seed clumps are allowed to remain in place for about two years.
Photographer:  [unknown]
Use Restrictions:  Permission from the Forest History Society required for any use of this image.
Repository Contact Information:  Forest History Society, Inc.; 701 William Vickers Ave., Durham, NC 27701; Tel.: (919) 682-9319; Fax: (919) 682-2349.