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"tfhlle the number of ctoc": gra^nd upon the national for- 

 ests of California continues to incrs.-i^o. there is as a natter of 

 fact an actual decrease In the acreage of i crust land available 

 for the 033 of ::tGckgrov r 3rs . This decrease Is CL'.U? to se'-'^ral 

 ce.uses, such as; actual e lira! nations from the forests of large 

 area?*; the demands of settlers for f'grioul xural land undor the 

 hcr.:sts*d act of Jtvnr 11. 1906; the demands of tourists for 

 swrJ-l area^ upon T/hioli they rnay p:\pture their saddle r.nc 1 . pack 

 s'ccok v, r hile visiting the alnost ooiuitlecs points of scenic in- 

 terest in the state.; ai>d the rapid extension c:f tree growth 

 over areas v/hich in tho past fu: uir;hed A largo proportion of 

 the forage consumed by the stock 



Taring the part year, fo.r ivjptr.nce , the fore at service 

 recommended the eliirinatio::! outright of 0/113 10.3,000 acr^s of 

 land, and the national forest area, was restricted by that r^ount 

 It also reoor-'j-iondsd thnt 554 tracts of land, with an aggregate 

 acreage of 59,3,77 acres be listed and opened to agricultural set- 

 tlement. TfTr'.le in sone casen the applicants have net filed upon 

 or occupied the land, a great many of the claims have been set- 

 tled upon and are rapidly being brought under cultivation^ thus 

 curtailing the araount of land available for the pasturage of 

 permitted stcci: 



lr..-.ring the yt;,.vr thouGauclc of tourists seek health and 

 recreation :*n the ruitloral fcre^lis of California, end in order 

 to ouppj y suitable forage for the saddle and pad: animals of 



