adjacent areas in connection with timber survey work, thus effecting an 

 economy by using the- crew and equipment for this work while they are in 

 the locality. 



When the field work of the planting reconnaissance is finished, white 

 prints are prepared in the office, on which are indicated with colored 

 crayons the data obtained. The land to be planted is laid off into logical 

 working units. A report is also prepared, which discusses any necessary 

 details and makes recommendations as to the species and kinds of stock 

 to be planted. 



Some 61,000 acres have been covered by this intensive work in the 

 last four years, of which about 25,500 acres have been found to require 

 planting. 



Some of the areas on which planting reconnaissance is conducted are 

 convenient to transportation, but others are located in places in the moun- 

 tains where transportation facilities are at present quite poor, and it is 

 with difficulty that equipment and supplies are packed in. It is part of 

 the reconnaissance work to indicate where any new trails ought to go. 

 The men engaged in planting reconnaissance usually are obliged to do their 

 own cooking, not infrequently over an open fire. The menu is sometimes 

 augmented by products which the country affords, such as wild berries 

 fish, and game. 



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