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other improvements for the convenience 

 of tourists and permanent residents. 



Near Clyde is the Ratlike elk j^re- 

 serve, leased from the i^overnment for 

 the protection of a hand of ihese rap- 

 idly diminishing animals. The Colo- 

 rado Sjjrings Fly Casting Cluh has its 

 hshing resort on Beaver Creek, a fev/ 

 miles west of Palmer Lake. At Palmer 

 Lake, adjoining the eastern border of 

 the Forest, and dependent unon ^^^e 

 Forest for many of its recreative fea- 

 tures, is one of the most attracti\ c 



gations are being conducted by the For- 

 est Service to determine how best to 

 reproduce, develo]), and manage the for- 

 ests of the Rocky Mountain region. 



In order to facilitate the transaction 

 of business the Pike is divided into 

 eleven ranger districts, each ])rovided 

 with a ranger headquarters. Where 

 such headquarters are not more con- 

 veniently located in nearby business 

 centers, they are established on the 

 Forest, consisting of dwellings, barns, 

 outbuildings, pasture?, and a small 



A National Forest Operation. 



A LUMBERING SCENE ON IHK IMKK NAllONAL FOREST IN COLORADO. 



mountain resorts in the state. Nestled 

 in the timber on the slope of the moun- 

 tain are many beautiful summer cot- 

 tages readily seen from the cars of the 

 two railroads passing close by. On the 

 eastern border of the Forest, near 

 Monument, the Forest Service main- 

 tains one of the largest forest nurseries 

 in the country, supi)Iying annually hun- 

 dreds of thousands of young trees for 

 restocking denuded areas within the 

 National h'orests. Two miles west of 

 Manitou, on the slopes of Pikes Peak, 

 is situated the Fremont Experiment 

 Station, where extensive forest investi- 



l-atch of agricultural land to supply 

 food and provender for the ranger, his 

 family and livestock. 



The most destructive agency on the 

 National Forests today is lire, which 

 annually destroys millitms of dollars 

 worth of jHil)lic property. In order to 

 reduce this loss to a minimum the h'or- 

 est Service during the last ten years 

 has built up on the Forests a vast net- 

 work of roads, trails, and telephone 

 lines, established hre lookout stations 

 on prominent mountain peaks, and 

 nlaced throughout the Forests thou- 

 sands of tool caches containing fire- 



