This lush growth of trees is an old clearcut immediately east of the bridge over Williams Stream.
These red pine were planted 22 years ago on hard packed gravel. This was Williams Landing, where trucks dumped pulpwood into Moosehead Lake to be towed down the lake and floated to the mill on the Kennebec River. Even the foresters were surprised how well these trees did on this hard packed gravel site. 
Williams Stream looking north of the bridge. Does this forest look destroyed as the environmentalists claim? 
This old clearcut was weeded, thinned and is now a sea of healthy, vigorously growing young softwood.lat. N 45 deg. 50.177 min. lon W 69 deg. 43.251 min.
The "evil multinational corporation" who owns these townships has campsites such as this one on their land, where the public is allowed to camp free of charge. The only rules are to pick up after yourself and be careful with your campfire. The webmaster spent a comfortable night here on the shore of Moosehead Lake while on this picture taking trip.lat N45 deg. 49.935 min. lon. 69 deg. 42.904 min.