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FORESTS AND MANKIND 



had been a long, hard fight and may not yet be over. But, to- 

 day these National Forests stand more secure than ever as an 

 outward token of the great principle of public service and 

 wise use of an absolutely vital resource. 



DISTRICT; \QJ EMBRACES ALASKA 



HEADQ.UAIirtRS AT 



OUR NATIONAL FORESTS 



Scattered throughout the United States and Alaska are more than one hundred 

 and fifty federal forests. Their area covers about one hundred and fifty million acres. 



For administration nine National Forest Districts have been established each in 

 charge of a District Forester with headquarters in some important city. 



Usually these National Forests are pictured as unbroken 

 tracts of timber-covered wilderness and although they do in- 

 clude many tracts of heavy uncut timber, the National Forests, 

 themselves, represent much more than tree-covered areas. They 

 are being developed as going, progressive concerns. The prac- 

 tice of forestry requires roads, camps, telephones, and trails 

 and it has been part of the policy of the Forest Service to sup- 



