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reached 1,100 second feet per square mile, carrying some 67,000 cubic 

 yards of eroded debris, whereas the runoff in a nearby canyon a few 

 miles distant was only 51 second feet per square mile and carried only 

 56 cubic yards of eroded material. In the pine regions of the Sierra 

 Mountains in California the runoff and erosion were 31 to 463 times 

 greater on burned areas than on unburned forest areas. 



3. Extension Work or Public Relations. The third division of the 

 National Forest activities is primarily educational and cooperative. 

 It attempts to attract public attention to the formation of sound forest 



FIG. 108. Elk seeking winter range in the foothills of the Absaroka National 



Forest, Montana. 



policies as applied to federal, state, and private forests. It makes the 

 findings of investigative work available for general use. It actively 

 cooperates with the various states, municipalities, and individuals 

 owning timberland. It handles the state cooperative work in fire 

 protection, farm forestry, and planting under the Clarke-McNary act. 

 Recently the various phases of the work have been greatly expanded 

 by assignment of responsibility for the activities of the Civilian Con- 

 servation Corps in National and State Forests as well as the forestry 

 phases of the Tennessee Valley Authority, Soil Conservation Service, 

 National Resources Board, and miscellaneous activities. 



