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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



Advertising Fire Protection Work. 



a large bulletin board is used. on this are tacked al\ps of the tamalpais 

 region, photographs of it and a variety of sample fire w.\rnings. 



ganization. The tracts of land in 

 private ownership vary in size from a 

 few acres to large estates of 12,000 acres 

 and more. For the three year construc- 

 tion period all the landowners are con- 

 tributing on the basis of 10c per acre 

 per year. The towns, which are vitally 

 concerned from the standpoint of self- 

 preservation, are subscribing largely 



according to their assessed valuations 

 and the danger to which they are 

 exposed. Lastly the public, enjoying 

 the use of private lands as a public park, 

 shares in the expense of protection 

 through membership dues in the associa- 

 tion. Eventually, if the organizaton is 

 to be a permanent one, Marin County 

 must cooperate financially by means of 



