Survey Forest Grant

A SURVEY of the Dartmouth College Grant, 27,000 acres of forest land in northern New Hampshire, was started early in July for the purpose of determining the condition and possibilities of the area from the standpoint of timber growing, watershed protection, and as a habitat for wildlife. On the basis of this survey, which will be made throughout the summer by forestry experts, a program will be plan. Ned to enable the College to develop the resources of the Grant and realize most fully on their potentialities.

The survey is being financed by the Charles Lathrop Pack Forestry Foundation, of Washington, D. C., and the work is under the direction of the Northeastern Forest Experiment Station, Philadelphia Pa., of which V. L. Harper is director. The survey of the Grant will be integrated with the nation-wide forest survey, soon to be extended to the northeast.

"As an owner of a valuable forest property in these days of timber and pulpwood shortages," said President Dickey, "Dartmouth College is especially desirous of handling these resources most advantageously. For that reason we have been very happy to accept the offer of Mr. Randolph G. Pack, President of the Charles Lathrop Pack Forestry Foundation, to sponsor and support this fact-finding survey. In addition to an appraisal of the amounts and timber on the Grant, the survey will include studies of tree growth, examination into control methods against the spruce budworm, as well as a study of the presence or prevalence of any tree diseases which may affect forest management. It will take into consideration problems of Hood control and watershed management, and finally, it is planned to include a study to determine the possibilities of the Grant from the standpoint of wildlife management.

"In conference with Mr. Pack, we hope to evolve a coordinated plan so that the Grant will provide a continuing income for the College from the sale of forest products, and at the same time provide the most favorablehabitat for its various forms of wildlife. The College is doubly fortunate in possessing so large a tract of timberland, and in having the active interest of the Charles Lathrop Pack Forestry Foundation, which is making this survey possible."

The Charles Lathrop Pack Forestry Foundation was established in 1930 for the purpose of promoting educational and scientific work in forestry, and to increase public appreciation of forests as natural resources essential to the national welfare. Randolph G. Pack, elder son of the founder, is President.

"In making this offer to the College," Mr. Pack said, "the Foundation is following one of its traditional activities in assisting colleges to have managed forests. In the past the Foundation has made it possible for Yale, Michigan, the University of Washington, and the New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University to own and operate their own forests."

The Dartmouth College Grant, or the Second College Grant as it has been called to distinguish it from an earlier' grant, is a township on the eastern edge of the State of New Hampshire just north of Went- worth's Location. It was granted to Dartmouth College by the State of New Hampshire in 1807. In accordance with the procedure of the period on other gifts of lands to educational institutions, attempts were made to lease lots on long term leases to settlers. The location was too remote to make such efforts successful and the property has been utilized for many years as a source of timber and pulpwood.