RECOMMENDATIONS. ^5 



prioc to such a., nuiv applv therefor, this to l>e done in order to induce 

 persons to assist in clearing the forest with all possihle speed. 



(3) Removal from South Dakota.-lt has hecn point.>d out that the 

 great mass of dead timber now in the Black Hills Forest Reserve can 

 not be used in South Dakota. It is therefore rec-nmiended (agaui as 

 a measure of protection for the living forest) that the forest-reserve 

 law be so amended as to permit the shipment of the dead and beetle- 

 infested timber from the State of South Dakota. 



In makincr such a change, it ought to be understood that shipv)mg 

 timber fron'i the State should in no way interfere with the mdustries 

 dependent upon such timber in the State where the timl)er is situated. 

 The case under consideration is an example in point. The mining 

 interests of the Black Hills are absolutely dependent for their timber 

 supplv on the wood in.the Black Hills, and if any timber is removed 

 from^he region of the Black Hills, i. e., from the State of South 

 Dakota, it should be taken from regions ii the Black Hills which are 

 not tributiiry to the important mining interests in the Hills. In other 

 words if any timber is removed from the Black Hills, it should come 

 from the region south and west of the Little Speartish River. 



(4) Thaler which ><hould he reinoved.—Th^ timber which should be 

 removed is the dead and beetle-infested timber. For the purposes of 

 inspection dead timber should be considered as tim})er which comes 

 from trees whose leaves are no longer green— that is, the '^sorrel tops, 

 the '^ red tops," and the ^' black tops." " Beetle-infested timber has 

 been specified by Dr. Hopkins. 



This dead timber will be 'M>lue timber," and much of it is now 

 decayed. Contractors should be required to cut and remove only such 

 timber as is perfectly sound, without any signs of decay. 



