Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 269, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1918 — Three National Forests Recently Added to the List Complying With Weeks Law [ARTICLE]

Three National Forests Recently Added to the List Complying With Weeks Law

The president has proclaimed the establishment of three new forests, the final step in carrying out the purpose of the Weeks law. The' first, observes a writer in Outlook, is the Whitd Mountain National forest. Its area of nearly 400,000 acres protects the watersheds of the Androscoggin, Saco, Connecticut and Apimonoosuc rivers. This watershed region has also long been famous as an important recreation ground. > As its name implies, the Shenandoah National forest is on the watershed of the Shenandoah rivdr, but it also protects a portion of the Potpmac and James river watersheds. Its area is about 165,000'acres. On this area, and still intact, are the trench systems constructed during the Civil war under Stonewall Jackson’s supervision. The White Mountain National forest lies mostly in New Hampshire, but laps over into Maine; the Shenandoah forest lies mostly in Virginia, but laps over into West Virginia. The Natural Bridge National forest however, is Wholly in Virginia. Its area is about 100,000 acres. The finest protects a part of the James river watershed.