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English: Title: Combined biennial report for the period ending 1942/1946

Identifier: combinedbiennial1942penn Year: (s) Authors: Pennsylvania Fish Commission Subjects: Pennsylvania Fish Commission; Fisheries; Fish culture Publisher: Harrisburg, Pa. : The Commission Contributing Library: Penn State University Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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Text Appearing After Image: Beaver Meadows Lake AiXEGHENY National Forest A irrowing ariiiv of Penn?iylvania niiiirods are flocking to ihe Alle- jshenv Nati^ial Forest to fi^li. Annual forest report** place the total Lhernian dav^ at HO.iMIO for the fis^cal year emliii- June 30, 1943. and 90,()(M) foi (i^cal year 1944. Use for the current year » expected to break all previous rccor(l>. Fish Commissions, and the Unite«l States Fish and Wildlife Service for as^istan*•e in stocking and plannini:. As lanition to co- ordinate tl» work of various cooperators ami lo make available vast amounts of game liahital and fishing waters for recreational use. There is a growing trend on the part of all fore^l lan<l managers to consider forests as a home for wildlife a- well as for producing lindier. In the post-war era. there is a strong trend among the foresters and cooperating agencies toward utilizing national forests as demonstra- tion areas lo point the way in nuiltiple use forest management. By demon^lrating practical technique for producing good crops ^ tindier. game and fish <m forest areas, new frontiers can he opened to Americans who are more wildlife conscious to ofliciM in the I ore^t Service organizalicm for man- 9t agement of the Mlegheiu National Forest is the District Raiiiier. The several Hangers serve under a Forest Supervisor, hut the Ranger is the man on the spot who administers the land, riiese Rangers, managing areas ranging from 20().()()() to 3(M).(M)() acres, are directly responsible for administering the various land uses so as to produce the maximum amount of public benefit. Present day population pressures are such that it is no longer feasible to isolate large areas of land for a single use. For example, the setting aside of vast areas for water production or timber pro- duction without thought to the incidental values of these lands would result in marked decrease in the producticm of game, fish, and other resources for the American people. Only through properly integrated land management can every acre of forest land make the maximum contribution in terms of timber, forage, watershed and game and fish. War demands on the Allegheny National Forest were heavy. A large wood distillation chemical industrv in this area was fed from Allegheny National Forest raw material to provide strategic chemi- cals for war industry. Much high-grade maple, ash. cherry, and other timber were also supplied for chests, handle stock, and other war needs. Despite these demands, cutting operations were of a type de- sipied to maintain the productive capacity of the fori»t at a high level. This was particularly true in chemical wood production. Principally defective trees and species of low value were removed, leaving a fine residual stand of higher valued trees to [>roduce future timber crops. This type of cutting maintains the capacity of forest watersheds and will be reflected in improved water conditions in many trout streams. In the field of natural resource management many conflicts arise, and the land nuinager needs to he fortified with accurate informa- tion concerning the rcsour^s under his control if these conflicts are to 1^ adjusted to ^cuf« the hmt uses of the land. Information on the important fish resources has been collected by forest personnel over a long period of years and used in the maintenance of good sport fishing in the clear, clean, swift flo>\ing streams that flow from the Allegbeu) plateau section ^ tile forest. Ten years ago a complete stream survey was made on the Allegben\ Forest to measure food an<l co\er con<litions for fish. This was done in the era when stocking of fingerling fish was relied upon to a large extent to sustain the fish population. The rapid growth of fishing on this area has made it clear that annual stocking of legal size trout wiU be recpiired if a satisfactory level of sport is to be maintained. Durin«£ the earlv stages s uere idanted annuallv bv the Federal Hatclierie>. INTENTTONAl, 2ND EXPOSURE

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