# MARKING TIMBER (WESTERN YELLOW PINE)

MARKING TIMBER (WESTERN YELLOW PINE) Produced: 1926 Description Reel 1 shows panoramic views of a pine forest and milling operations in the Black Hills. A forest ranger leaves his quarters and marks trees for cutting. Shows examples of the types of trees marked. Describes how infections and porcupines damage trees. Reel 2, the best trees are left for seeding purposes. The increment borer is used to determine tree age. Shows Harney National Forest, site of the first tree sale by the Forest Service (1899). Includes views of the yellow pine in various stages of growth. Animated cartoons show Paul Bunyan as the first tree marker. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7248

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1926
- By: National Archives
- Genres: Western, Education
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/33-283-r1)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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