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sitate clear cutting over considerable areas. Where larger continuous 

 areas are cut within a short time fire protection is much more difficult. 

 Fire once started is apt to sweep through the crowns of young stands 

 at any ages under 30 or 40 years. Even surface fires are difficult to 

 control on large areas of young stands. In the section of this report 

 entited, "How to Stop Forest Devastation", methods followed in 

 clear cutting on larger areas are described. The subject is discussed 

 in detail also by Mr. Thornton T. Munger in a bulletin contributed 

 from the Pacific Northwest Forest Experiment Station (16). 



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