Area clearcut in 1944, regenerated to balsam fir. N.B. outline of strips still evident & strip road. Foret Montmorency, Parc des laurentides

Area clear cut in 1940. Foret Montmorency, Parc des Laurentides.

Balsam fir, white birch and spruce after clearcutting 1940, Foret Montmorency, Parc des Laurentides

Area clearcut in 1940 and late 1940s using Gyssen cable system. N.B. Two age classes from cut. Residual pockets of fir that could not be reached, & birch regeneration on haul road now a moose path.

Area clearcut in 1940. N.B. stumps and open lower flat area of frost occurrence. Foret Montmorency, Parc des Laurentides.

White spruce 2+2, planted May 1957 on poorly drained old field, cultivated in 1956. person in photo is Forester Leo Mullin. Larose Forest.

Ash (Fraxinus excelsior) & Norway spruce on bottomlands. North of Arhus. Photo Mike Meagher.

Over mature Engelmann spruce and ponderosa pine (very mature). Near Kelowna. Photo Mike Meagher

Result of clearcutting in over mature Douglas fir and western red cedar. N.B. amount of slash, need for slash burning. Photo Mike Meagher.

Recent strip clearcutting in black spruce, showing strip, stumps and slash. Clay belt, Spruce Falls Power & Paper.