(From the Forest Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, 



San Francisco Oi'fice.) 



Forest to be Pro served. 



On May 13 President Wilson signed a "bill authoriz- 

 ing the exchange of certain described private lands in the 

 Sierra National Forest and the Yc Semite Park for National 

 Forest lands, also described, of approximately equal value. 



This is the outcome cf negotiations between the 

 Forest Service and the Madera Sugar Pine Company started in 

 August, 1913, The objects to be effected were, from the 

 viewpoint of the public, twofold: to preserve a strip* of 

 uncut timber along the road from 7/awona to the summit of 

 Signal Peak and by so doing maintain this popular side trip 

 as a scenic forest drive, and to secure clear title to the 

 United States of the timber in several small logging units whic 

 eventually will be utilized in connection with the agricultural 

 development of the foothill region adjoining. 



The Forest Service appraised the values of the 

 timber after a thorough cruise and study of the logging condi- 

 tions on the ground. Approximately 2453 acres of Company 

 land will be traded for 2468 acres of Government land. The 

 Company's land carries 119,875,000 board feet of timber worth 

 $433,187; the Government's, 121,757,000 board feet worth 



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