Both dead and living chestnut were cut here. Fire Hazard Reduction, Chasteen Creek, 1935

TitleBoth dead and living chestnut were cut here. Fire Hazard Reduction, Chasteen Creek, 1935

CollectionsNegatives of Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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Descriptive InformationBoth 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

TopicsForest fires--Prevention and control
Chestnut

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