THE FORESTER. 



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sales represent the equivalent of approximately $33,500 of National 

 Forest revenue made available by Congress for the benefit of certain 

 classes of citizens. 



FREE USE. 



As indicated in the following table, the amount and value of the 

 National Forest timber taken without charge by settlers, miners, 

 residents, and prospectors were somewhat greater than in 1914. In 

 addition to the items shown in this table, considerable free-use timber 

 was taken without permits from the National Forests in Alaska 

 and from designated areas of dead material on National Forests 

 in various Western States. Provision for free use of this character 

 has been made where essential to meet the needs of local residents 

 with dispatch and where the removal of the material in question 

 will in no wise injure the forests. The removal of dead or fire- 

 damaged timber is of benefit to the safety of the forests and is being 

 encouraged bv this means. 



Free-use permits, fiscal year 1015. 



State. 



Number 

 of per- 

 mits. 



Free-use timber cut. 



Quantity. 



Value. 



Arizona 



Arkansas 



California 



Colorado 



Florida 



Idaio , 



Michigan 



Minnesota 



Montana 



Nebraska 



Nevada 



New Mexico 



North Carolina. . 

 North Dakota... 



Oklahoma 



Oregon 



South Dakota... 



Tennessee 



Utah 



Virginia 



Washington 



Wyoming 



Total, 1915 

 Total; 1914 



1,859 



95 



3,106 



3,742 



41 



8,380 



32 



33 



5,280 



23 



591 



2,918 



1 



174 



475 



2,656 



1,255 



4 



6,505 



18 



670 



2,157 



40,015 

 39, 466 



Board feet. 



4,255,000 



275,000 



6,778,000 



10,587,000 



33, 000 



24,848,000 



109,000 



286,000 



18,378,000 



5,000 



1,959,000 



13,131,000 



2,000 



98,000 



175,000 



12,122,000 



4,350,000 



9,000 



13,909,000 



91,000 



2,371,000 



9,337,000 



123,108,000 

 120,575,000 



816,643.30 



765. 65 



16,996.78 



15,344.26 



74.65 



37,736.83 



81.00 



2,022.00 



36,565.26 



50.00 



4,566.88 



22,938.49 



2.00 



185. 62 



107. 50 



13,342.12 



6,326.43 



4.50 



17,473.37 



29.18 



2,933.42 



12,274.89 



206,464.13 

 183,223.09 



The value of the free-use timber cut combined with the excess value 

 of the timber sold at cost over the amounts actually paid for it makes 

 a total of about $240,000 of timber value, which is in effect National 

 Forest revenue made available by Congress for the benefit of certain 

 classes of citizens. 



EXTENSION OF TIMBER ESTIMATES. 



The mapping and estimating of timberlands in the National For- 

 ests was continued on a slightly reduced scale; 1,781,803 acres was 

 estimated closely, and an additional 1,471,553 acres was covered by a 

 rapid reconnaissance to secure preliminary data. Funds for esti- 



