Questions and Answers 



profit organization, arranges and con- 

 ducts "Trail-riders of the Wilderness" 

 trips into some of the wilderness areas. 

 The American Forestry Association 

 will send full information on request. 



How can I build a safe campfire? 



The safest way to build a campfire is 

 to scrape away the inflammable mate- 

 rial down to the mineral soil from an 

 area 6 feet in diameter. Keep your fire 

 small. Never build it against trees or 

 logs. When you are through with it, 

 soak the coals until no more smoke 

 arises. Be sure your fire is dead out 

 when you leave the campfire area. 



Where can I get a permit to build 

 a campfire? 



From any Forest Service officer or 

 State ranger. Although permits are not 

 required at most developed camp and 

 picnic areas (California excepted), 

 persons should check with the local 

 officials. 



Does the Forest Service rent sites 

 on the national forests for summer 

 homes? 



Yes. Sites for summer homes may be 

 rented from the Forest Service on most 

 national forests. Information regard- 

 ing available summer-home tracts may 

 be had from the forest supervisor of 

 the national forest concerned. 



What are the rules for keeping a 

 camp ground clean and sanitary? 



Burn or bury all garbage, refuse, 

 and cans. Use camp toilets where pro- 

 vided; help keep them clean. If none 

 is available, dig a trench at least 100 

 yards from the camp and the nearest 

 stream, lake, or living spring; heap 

 the earth to one side and fill the trench 

 as it is used. Leave the camp neat 

 and clean. 



What is the Appalachian Trail? 



It is a 2,000-mile trail from Maine 

 to Georgia, 900 miles of which traverse 

 eight national forests and two national 

 parks along the crest of the Appa- 

 lachian Mountains. There are open 



shelters for hikers at convenient in- 

 tervals along the trail as well as closed 

 shelters which may be reserved through 

 local Appalachian Trail clubs. The 

 trail is maintained and marked co- 

 operatively by the Forest Service, the 

 National Park Service, and the mem- 

 ber clubs of the Appalachian Trail 

 Conference. Excellent guide books and 

 maps of the route may be obtained 

 from the Appalachian Trail Confer- 

 ence, 1916 Sunderland Place NW., 

 Washington 6, D. C. 



When was the first national forest 

 in the United States created? 



The first forest reserve the Yellow- 

 stone Park Timberland Reserve was 

 created by President Harrison on Sep- 

 tember 16, 1891. The land included 

 within this reserve now forms parts of 

 several national forests in Montana, 

 Idaho, and Wyoming, adjacent to the 

 Yellowstone National Park. 



When and why was the name 

 "national forests" adopted? 



On March 4, 1907, the name "forest 

 reserves" was changed to "national 

 forests" to indicate that the forests and 

 their resources were not reserved or 

 locked up but were for immediate as 

 well as future use. 



Who administers national forests? 



The Forest Service, a bureau of the 

 United States Department of Agricul- 

 ture, created February 1, 1905, by the 

 merging of the former Division of 

 Forestry of the General Land Office, 

 Department of the Interior, and the 

 Bureau of Forestry of the Department 

 of Agriculture. The transfer to the 

 Department of Agriculture was the 

 result of recommendation by Secretary 

 of Interior Hitchcock, the American 

 Forestry Congress of 1905, and Presi- 

 dent Theodore Roosevelt. 



What becomes of the money received 

 from the sale and use of national forest 

 resources? 



All receipts from the national forests 

 are deposited in the United States 



