On Chestnut Woods Association under conservation easement. Part of large Panther Knob protected area. (About 5000 acres under easement or other restriction.);Declining (dying) hemlock-spruce stand in ravine. Water running under rocks. Larger conifer trunks average 40 cm. Head of core is 40 degrees. Fire probably burned to edge (deciduous) in 1920's to 1960's. Bear sign abundant in winter (Amy). Long narrow stand in headwaters of Smith Creek. Tony Flemming notes that plot is on the axis of Blue Rock syncline