SERVICE NOTES FOR MARCH 



These notes contain instructions and necessary information for 

 Forest officers, and will, therefore, be carefully read and kept on file 

 for reference. 



OFFICE OF THE FORESTER 



Rules Governing Changes in Forest Boundaries- - 



A statement of policy regarding eliminations from and additions to the National 

 Forests was agreed upon by the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture at a conference held on February 7, 1910, and subsequently approved by the 

 President, which is as follows: 



"1. Lands wholly or in part covered with brush or other undergrowth which 

 protects stream flow or checks erosion on the watershed of any stream important to 

 irrigation or to the water supply of any city, town, or community, or open lands on 

 which trees may be grown, should be retained within the National Forests, unless 

 their permanent value under cultivation is greater than their value as a protective 

 forest. 



"2. Lands wholly or in part covered with timber or undergrowth, or cut-over 

 lands which are more valuable for the production of trees than for agricultural crops, 

 and lands densely stocked with young trees having a prospective value greater than 

 the value of the land for agricultural purposes, should be retained within the National 

 Forests. 



"3. Lands not either wholly or in part covered with timber or undergrowth, which 

 are located above timber line within the Forest boundary or in small bodies scattered 

 through the Forest, making elimination impracticable, or limited areas which are 

 necessarily included for a proper administrative boundary line, should be retained 

 within the National Forests. 



"4. Lands not either wholly or in part covered with timber or undergrowth, except 

 as provided for in the preceding paragraphs, upon which it is not expected to grow 

 trees, should be eliminated from the National Forests." 



Hereafter, favorable action will be taken only on recommendations which are in 

 conformity with the above policy. 



LAW 

 Law Office of the Forest Service as Now Constituted 



By General Order No. 138, dated January 15, 1910, the Secretary of Agriculture 

 ordered that "the legal work of the Forest Service will be performed under the 

 immediate supervision and direction of the Solicitor for the- Department of Agri- 



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