Eight 



THE TENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



Season 



Levy Per Acre 



Expenditures Cost Per Acre 



1912 1% ' $39,723.99 1.45 Cents 



1913 ll/2 " 44,173.75 1.62 " 



1914 2 " 58,758.68 2.20 " 



1915 2 " 46,022.01 1.78 " 



1916 ll/ 2 " 43,754.46 1.68 " 



1917 2 " 56,425.28 1.99 " 



During the past decade the damage to standing timber from fire 

 in the territory covered by the Washington Forest Fire Association 

 has been estimated as follows: 



1908 15,000,000 feet 



1909 50,000,000 " 



1910 500,000,000 " 



1911 83,000,000 " 



1912 410,000,000 " 



1913 1,000,000 " 



1914 30,000,000 " 



1915 17,500,000 " 



1916 22,000,000 " 



1917 155,000,000 " 



1,283,500,000 



The largest percentage of the timber killed by forest fires was 

 saved, or can be, by reason of its being accessible to logging operations. 



The amount actually burned up or destroyed during this period 

 is about 121,000,000 feet. To this total loss should also be added 

 about 90,000,000 feet killed by fire inaccessibly located or too far 

 from present logging operations to be logged before deterioration has 

 destroyed its value. Deterioration in the fire killed timber logged or 

 being logged will cause considerable loss to its value, the amount 

 depending upon the time it is left standing. Allowing 25 per cent 

 to offset this loss we have an additional 250,000,000 feet which must 

 be charged to forest fire devastation, making a total loss for the ten 

 year period of about 461,000,000 feet, or an average of 46,100,000 

 feet per annum. 



While the amount of killed timber may look large running up as 



