C A LI FORM A BIG TREES 



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for one hundred and fifty miles as the crow flies, southward to the head of 

 the south fork of Deer Creek (a tributary of White River) in Tulare County. 

 The different groups contain from half a dozen to several thousand trees 

 and cover from less than an acre of ground to ten square miles, aggregating 



Looking along the trunk of a biglrcc cnislicd in falling. LurnbiT oporations. Krcsno 

 County. Recent cuttings of bigtrces arc in ihe King's River and Kaweah River forests. 



altogether about fifty square miles. They are mountain trees, growing 

 naturally only at elevations from 5000 to 8500 feet. 



Ownership of lands carrying bigtrees is variously divided between private 

 individuals and the federal government, and with few exceptions all of the 

 trees are within the national forests of California, where irrespective of 

 ownership, the government guards them as much as possible against fire. 



