530 JOURXAL OF FORESTRY 



posal having been in such condition as to interfere with the attractive- 

 ness of the road. However, niucli pubHcity has been given to recre- 

 ation in recent years and it is evident that Forest officers are giving 

 pretty close attention to cutting operations in such locations and, 

 where warranted, are preserving certain areas against cutting. For 

 example, along the Wind River road being constructed within the 

 Washakie Forest, no cutting has been done upon a strip adjacent to 

 the right-of-way. In contrast to this, there are many instances where 

 cutting along roads located outside National Forests has seriously 

 detracted from the scenic values. For example, along the highway 

 running from Pagosa Springs to Durango. Colorado, practically all 

 trees of merchantable size have been cut, making the scenery along 

 such portions a barren w^aste, though it might have been kept attrac- 

 tive by leaving a fringe of timber along the roadway. 



A similar contrast between sawmills located on National Forest 

 lands and those located outside is usually evident. Pretty strict re- 

 quirements as to the arrangement and clean-up of sawmills and lumber 

 camps within the Forests are imposed, such difficulties as arise along 

 this line usually being due to too lenient a policy having been followed 

 by local Forest officers in allowing operators to locate their mills 

 and camps without giving proper consideration to practical disposition 

 of mill, stable, or camp refuse. Sawmill camps may almost invariably 

 be reached by automobile and at the present time few passable roads 

 are not used by tourists on camping or fishing trips. This means that 

 the travelers get to see the camps. Summer homes are often located 

 in the vicinity of lumber camps. For these reasons Forest officers are 

 coming to realize more and more the need for giving greater consider- 

 ation to the traveling public in the locating and upkeep of sawmills, 

 camps and surroundings. Such camps, as well as the practice followed 

 in handling Forest Service timber sales, should be matters of great 

 interest to persons unfamiliar with the industry. 



National Forest timber may be separated into commercial stands — 

 those of value for the manufacture of lumber or other wood products 

 and so located that they may be profitably logged, and non-commercial 

 stands — those which, on account of quality of timber, or location, are 

 not suitable for lumbering. 



The areas of non-commercial forests are very extensive, the best 

 estim?/e available for the State of Colorado, for example, indicates 



