A rare 1893 Atlantic Monthly article warning of White Mountain deforestation, highlighting early conservation efforts in the Upper Pemigewasset Valley of New Hampshire.

White Mountain National Forest

November 24, 2025

White Mountain Forests in Peril

A 1910 photograph of the Pemigewasset Wilderness showing steep mountainsides stripped bare by logging, with clearcut slopes and distant ridgelines under a hazy sky.

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