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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



A Fire Trail. 



THESE TRAILS, CLEARED THROUGH THE HEAVY BRUSH COVER OF THE RIDGES ON MT. TAMALPAIS, PERMIT 



QUICK ACCESS TO ANY FIRES. 



4,000 men at an expense to the commu- 

 nity, state and nation of more than 

 $30,000. Not to be overlooked, more- 

 over, were the indirect losses in property 

 values which followed as a result of 

 the scare. The fire was finally checked 

 with the assistance of troopers from the 

 United States Army acting under advice 

 from officers of the Federal Forest 

 Service and old-time fire fighters of the 

 locality. 



To avoid a repetition of such a 

 calamity the Tamalpais Fire Associa- 

 tion is carrying out a scheme of sys- 

 tematic fire prevention which bids fair 

 to become permanently established. 



The jumbled hills of Marin County 

 end abruptly at the Golden Gate on the 



south, are pounded by the Pacific on 

 the west, slope gradually to San Pablo 

 Bay on the east and stretch northwards 

 to join the great redwood covered 

 mountains of the Coast Range in Mendo- 

 cino and Humboldt. Mt. Tamalpais is 

 a sort of jumping-off place at the ex- 

 treme southern end of the hills and rises 

 sharply from San Francisco Bay to an 

 elevation of 2,600 feet. A large part of 

 the land is covered with a dense and 

 difficult growth of high and low chapar- 

 ral — all the many species common to 

 the Coast Range. There are scattering 

 patches of timber in the canyons, 

 largely redwood and douglas fir, while 

 on the slopes of Lagunitas Canyon and in 

 Muir Woods National Monument are ex- 



