FEDERAL COOPERATION. 



Maine, together with other States having approved forest 

 protective systems, receives aid from the Federal Government 

 under the terms of an Act of Congress, known as the Weeks 

 Law, for the protection from fire of the forested watersheds of 

 navigable streams. 



The cooperative area approved by the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture includes that part of the forested watersheds of the 

 Androscoggin, Kennebec, Penobscot, St. Croix, Union, Machias 

 and Narraguagus Rivers which are included in the Maine For- 

 estry District. 



As the State has as yet provided no direct fund for forest 

 fire protection for the forests outside the Maine Forestry Dis- 

 trict it has been impossibe to obtain federal aid for this area. 



The text of the agreement between the State and Federal 

 Government is as follows : 



AGREEMENT 



For the Protection from Fire of the Forested Watersheds 



OF Navigable Streams. 



Under Section 2, Act of March i, 1911, (36 Stat., 691). 



This agreement, made by and between the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture of the United States, under authority of section 2 of the 

 act of Congress approved March i, 1911 (36 Stat., 691), and 

 the State of Maine by and through its State Land Agent and 

 Forest Commissioner, witnesseth : 



That Whereas the said State has requested the cooperation 

 of the said Secretary in the protection from fire of the forested 

 watersheds of navigable streams ; and 



