UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 FOREST SERVICE 



(From the Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture, 



San Francisco Office) 



TH.LBER CRUISING IK THE 

 CALIFORNIA EAT IOW AL FORESTS 



Five timber-cruising parties have been in the field in 

 California this v/ inter on the Modoc, Shasta, Lassen, Plurnas, and 

 Eldorado National Forests, each party consisting ^f from fcur tc 

 six Forest Service rangers. The work is done on snowshows, and 

 this mode of travel has proved to be an excellent way of getting 

 over country which is too "brush to permit easy going in summer. 

 There has been some delay this winter n account of storms, but as 

 a rule very little timo is lost and timber cruising has been f^und 

 to be profitable employment for the rangers during the winter season, 



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