investigation and less on routine. 



Spend all time possible. If not suited "by or 



to class of work, transfer to ranger position. 



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As at present carried on, the forest Assistant 

 spends noct of his time usefully and needfully at such things 

 as marking or making timber sales or scaling, running out 

 sorne June 11 claims, fighting fires, planting and reconnais- 

 sance . Such things are important and must be done, but they 

 are ;.one at the enipeiise of investigative worl: "because "both 

 come in the Pield Season, It woiild not pay under the pres- 

 ent plan (r, good one) where thoro is an experiment station 

 especially for investigative worl*, to have an e:rtra Porost 

 Assistant for each -J'orost just for the purpose of doing in- 

 vest i : ",'-- : -~u wor^i. I suggest grouping the forests for all 

 such work to "be done outside of that carried on at the 

 Feather Hiver 3::perimentol Station. group could "bo made 

 of the Shasta, Trinity and IO.amath. Assign a forest ..ssist- 

 ant, Specialist, or Examiner, to start investigative work 

 in this group and keep it going. He would not he attached 

 to any of the throe forests necessarily, "but alternate "be- 

 tween the three. He would cooperate with the l-'orest Assist- 

 ant on each forest, thus giving the latter plenty of chance 

 to put in all available time on the subject or subjects 

 under investigation. The Sorest .Assistant would have more 



Inspiration to continue such- wor?-: due to cooperation and yet 



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