In the late 1800's, the unchecked clear-cut logging of pristine mountainsides in the White Mountains of northern New Hampshire resulted in public outrage that prompted the creation of the White Mountain National Forest. As the demand for timber brought loggers to Mt Sunapee in the early 1900's, residents feared the loss of primeval forest there and took action to stop it. Then, for a half-century, Sunapee's old-growth forest was virtuallly forgotten, until it was re-discovered in 1997 by ecologist Chris Kane.

This is the story of Mt Sunapee's original, primeval forest, much of which remains intact to this day. The forest is classified as "exemplary" New Hampshire northern hardwood/spruce-fir old growth.

We suggest you first read the story at https://newenglandforests.blogspot.co...

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