Balsam fir/red spruce 40-45 yrs, clearcut in 1967-68. Fire origin white pine 140 + yrs left. Fir & spruce had been budwormed. J.D. Irving, Miramichi, Camp 63.

Fire origin white pine 140 +yrs, left after understory of balsam fir & red spruce were clearcut 1967-68. J.D. Irving Camp 63, Miramichi. Proposed for prescribed burn.

Clearcut 1967-68, J.D. Irving, Camp 63, Miramichi. N.B. Stony/boulder ground. proposed for prescribed burn in 1970.

Clearcut 1967-68, J.D.Irving, Camp 63, Miramichi. N.B. Stony/boulder ground. proposed for prescribed burn in 1970.

Red spruce planted in strips after 1963-64 cut. Ht. 1.3m. ca. 200 - 500 trees/acre. J.D.Irving, Justason property, s. of Saint John.

General view showing hardwood ridges & conifer valleys. Black spruce in foreground planted 1966, J.D. Irving, Black Brook, Camp 16, Big Forks Ridge

Black Brook, typical vegetation pattern, hardwoods on ridge and conifers in valleys, aerial view. J.D. Irving

Aerial view of recent clearcut (1969) in hardwood ridge, J.D. Irving. Black Brook.

Aerial view of 1968-69 cutover. J.D.Irving, near Chipman. N.B. the straight roads.

Aerial view of cutover in hardwood ridge, J.D.Irving, Miramichi, Camp # 63. N.B. road layout.