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Title: Annual report of the Forest, Fish and Game Commission of the State of New York
Year: 1900 (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)
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helake. For these reasons it is strongly recommended that nothing be donein the forests on the upper slopes. These areas appear on Map II as Summit Watershed Reserve. Water Front Reserve. In order to preserve the beauty of Raquette Lake another reserve isrecommended, on which no cutting should be allowed. This consists of abelt along the shores of the lake and of Marion River. It has a minimumwidth of 200 feet, and is frequently much wider, as a glance at Map II MAP OF TOWNSHIP 40, TOTTEN & CROSSFIELDPURCHASE HAMILTON COUNTY Brand re N.Y. 1900 / .- v4Mt Oster Pond floytnoj^li PorULs Conlourinterval20feet V *r& -// Datum is mean sea level >£ ■»■»-• *■& Trails represented thus: /\ JVi \J Roads .. . k=_= Township lines „ Town . , RESERVES, Water Front ! I Summit Watershed I I Burns. HHMM1 MERCHANTABLE AREA SpruceLand lisast Swamp .... I I Private Lands in Twp. 40 \\1 lite pjjer Map II MAP OF TOWNSHIP 40 TOTTEN & CROSSFIELDPURCHASE HAMILTON COUNTS N.Y. 1900
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Ionlour interval 20 feel Datum is mean sea level Trails represented thus: Hoads Township li Town RESERVES, Water Front Stimuli Watershed Burns.. MERCHANTABLE AREASpruceLand Swamp p -—; Private Lands in Twp. 40 Write AMES e. LYON, STATE PRINTER FOREST, FISH AXD GAME COMMISSION. I 79 will show. All the islands belonging to the State and several of the largepoints have been included, while at certain points also the belt widensinland, as. for example, along the north side of Marion River, where it ismade to include the large pines which add so much to the beauty of thatbank. With a reserve along the whole water front the beauty of RaquetteLake would be unimpaired by lumbering. To a casual observer all tracesof cutting would be completely hidden, for the logging roads cut throughto the lake would be so located, as is explained later in this working plan,that no slash would be visible from any part of the lake. Map II shows the three forest types referred to in the three pre-ceding table

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