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



San Francisco Office.) 



COOPERATIVE FOREST FIR3 

 PROT2CTIOIT ASSOCIATION FOP1ED 



Thirty settlers living within and adjacent to the 

 Sierra National Forest have taken steps to form a cooperative 

 association vith the object of preventing fires set for clear- 

 ing land from getting beyond control. 7ith land clearing put 

 upon a communal "basis, the Sierra rangers expect a much 

 smaller percentage of fires than formerly to escape from 

 control,, 



When necessary, officers of the Sierra Forest will 



be detailed to help the settlers and supervise the brush 





 burning. 



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