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A forest is more than trees. Here in the Rogue River National Forest in Oregon 

 where a ranger (above) and his pack train paused on an inspection tour, there 

 are lodgepole pine and alpine fir; mountains, which store the snow and rain 

 for the plains below; and a tree-girt lake, a link in the natural water-supply sys- 

 tem. Or like Big Flat (below), which faces City Creek Peak in the Fishlake 

 National Forest in Utah, a forest may include mountain meadows on which graze 

 cattle, sheep, and deer that bulk large in the Nation's supply of meat and wool. 

 The grass and the alpine fir hevond are vital in the protection of the watersheds 



