FORESTRY FOR 

 LIGHT HOUSES 



The federal light house bureau and the forest service 



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are cooperating in forest work. Though this sounds strange, it 

 becomes a very simple fact, as pointed out by the officials of 

 the bureaus, that the cooperation Is confined to the liht house 

 districts on the shores of the great lakes in the lumber states 

 of Michigan and Wisconsin. The light house reservations here 

 include a total of nearly 5,500 acres, and range in size from 

 30 acres at Grand Island, Mich., to 1,040 acres at Grand Mar&is. 

 An examination is just being started to determine the 



beet forest methods to pursue on the reservations. On some, 



, 

 from which the timber has " been" cut," white pine and Nbrway-p4*i 



will be planted. On others the timber already growing will be 

 -preserved through use. On two of the reservations, the forest 

 experts point out, the opportunities are excellent for growing 

 cedar and pine for spar buoys and piling, to be used in the 

 **orx W t}ie light house bureau itself. 



All parts of the reservations can not be devoted to 

 forests. Some areas will have to be left clear for protection 

 fr-om fire, while others immediately adjacent to the beacons 

 themselves will have to be left bare in order that the lights 



may not be obscured. 



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