ADDRESS REPLY TO 



FORESTER' 



UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



FOREST SERVICE 



DISTRICT 5 



FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING, 

 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. 



Mctv 1, 1912. 

 S 

 Supervision. 



Forsst Supervisors, 

 District 5. 



The seven resolutions relating to Silvicultural 

 work, which were passed at your rec v ent meeting, have been 

 taken up v?ith the Forester. The resolutions themselves, to- 

 gethsr v/ith the gist of the Forester's comment upon each 

 follows: 



1. Uhersas the time for the collection of tree 



seed in this District is coincident tvith the time of greatest 

 danger, therefore be it resolved that the employment of rangers 

 in this nork is inadvisable and should be resorted to only 

 r?hen other labor is not available. 



"The fundamental principle that all activities of 

 the Forest Sorvice must be subordinated to the greatest possible 

 efficiency in fire protection applies in the case of seed 

 collecting. Whenever , therefore, seasonal conditions make it 

 inadvisable to detail rangers to seed collection, that work 

 should be done with temporary labor from other funds or if 

 necessary, abandoned, rather than interrupt or in any way inter- 

 fere r;ith the protective organization." 



2. Resolved that as a general policy in timber sales 



