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Identifier: annualreport16190910newy (find matches)
Title: Annual report
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: New York (State). Forest, Fish and Game Commission
Subjects: Forests and forestry Fisheries Game and game-birds
Publisher: (Albany, N.Y. : The Commission)
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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system. The western part of the county from Augusta to the northernboundary is drained by Wood, Oneida and Fish creeks with theirbranches. These are tributary to Oneida lake and form part of theSt. Lawrence system. The northeastern part of the county isdrained by the Black river, also tributary to the St. Lawrence. The greater part of the county is drained by the Mohawk and itsbranches. These extend southward to the boundaries of the south-ern towns and northward to the boundary of the county. It drainsall of the great central portion of the county and is the principalriver of this section. THE ORIGINAL FOREST This entire region was originally covered with a dense forestgrowth. The northern hardwoods more or less mixed with coni-fers covered the greater portion, especially the hill regions of thenorth and south. The hemlock was a common tree in mixture, andon the higher elevations occupied the ground to the exclusion ofeverything else. White pine was also found throughout the county,
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