Both dead and living chestnut were cut here. Fire Hazard Reduction, Chasteen Creek, 1935Great Smoky Mountains National ParkBoth dead and living chestnut were cut here. The living chestnut was all diseased and would be dead in three years or less...Cuting to thick for a slope as thick with chestnut and on as steep a slope...Area logged about 1927. Only dead chestnut should be cut to hold down sprouting...Debris not scattered. SE exposure...Cut in January 1935. X" painted on oak stump from which picture was taken.", Fire Hazard Reduction; Chasteen Creek, IV-Z-4369, Miscellaneous
Cutting here mostly for aesthetic reasons. Fire hazard very high due to spruce slash. Fire Hazard Reduction, State Line, 1935Great Smoky Mountains National ParkCutting here mostly for aesthetic reasons...Fire hazard very high due to spruce slash. Almost impossible to travel through the area except by trail, or the old RR grade. Dead snags, mostly spruce, probably injured during logging...They were probably decayed some at the time of logging and not worth cutting.Fire Hazard Reduction; State Line, IV-Z-4383, Miscellaneous
1935-04-04
Dead chestnut trees were cut down, piled up, and burned, thus reducing the danger of forest fires in the dead and dry wood, fire hazard reduction, circa 1936Great Smoky Mountains National ParkOriginal Captions: Dead chestnut trees were cut down, piled up, and burned, thus reducing the danger of forest fires in the dead and dry wood. Fire Hazard Reduction; III-C-CCC-16575, History - Campgrounds and Picnic Areas - Cataloochee CCC Camp .Dead chestnut trees were cut down, piled up, and burned, thus reducing the danger of forest fires in the dead and dry wood.Fire Hazard Reduction, III-C-CCC-16575, History - Campgrounds and Picnic Areas - Cataloochee CCC Camp