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PROJECT 

 Colorado- 

 Study of the climatic factors affecting the distribution, growth, and pathological 

 condition of the Rocky Mountain forest trees C. G. BATES, Fremont Experiment 

 Station, Manitou. 



Cooperation, Bureau of Entomology. 

 PROJECT 



Location of insect-infested timber and determination of methods of local control 

 W. D. EDMONSTON, detailed from the Forest Service, Colorado Springs, Colo. 



GRAZING 



. J. W. NELSON, Chief. 



' E. N. KAVANAGH, Assistant Chief. 



PRODUCTS 



H. S. BETTS, in pharge. 



PROJECTS 

 Timber Tests 



Timber-testing laboratory in cooperation with the University of Colorado, Boulder, 

 Colo. NORMAN BETTS, in charge; assistants, A. D. WOLFF and H. V. BLANK. 



Tests on round timbers of various Rocky Mountain species, including mine timbers, 

 in cooperation with the Northern Coal and Coke Company, Rocky Mountain Fuel 

 Company, and various National Forests. 



Tests on western red cedar, lodgepole pine, and Engelmann spruce telephone poles 

 in cooperation with the South Platte Power Company, Central Colorado Power 

 Company, and the Colorado Telephone Company. 

 Wood Preservation 



Preservative treatment of transmission poles, in cooperation with the Colorado 

 Telephone Company D. L. CARMODY, Norrie, Colo. 



Preliminary operation of an experimental timber treating plant, in cooperation 

 with the Routt National Forest D. L. CARMODY, Steamboat Springs, Colo. 



Compilation of a final report on the year's work at the Forest Service wood-pre- 

 serving plant at Norrie, Colo. D. L. CARMODY, Denver, Colo. 



Preliminary investigation for determining the feasibility of wood preservation of 

 the mine timbers of the Smuggler-Union Mining Company II. M. MASON, Jr., Den- 

 ver. Colo. 



NATIONAL FORESTS 



COLORADO 



Arapaho C. G. POOLE, Forest Supervisor, Fraser (WU-Ad); LEE E. COOPER, 



Deputy Forest Supervisor. 



Battlement JOHN W. LOWELL, Jr., Acting Forest Supervisor, Collbran (WU-WF, G). 

 Cochetopa EUGENE WILLIAMS, Forest Supervisor, Saguache (WU-G). 



