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Control. 



Improvements available. By districts. (Brief description, tabulate if 

 map is not sufificient.) 

 Communication. Telephone, etc. 



Transportation. Railroads, roads, trails, pack trains, etc. 

 Fire lines. 

 Look-out stations. 

 Supplies and tools. (Distribution or how they are to be purchased, etc. 



Tabulate.) 

 Cooperation. 



Adjoining forests, between ranger districts, State associations, cor- 

 porations, individuals, etc. 

 Organization and administration. 



For look-out stations and patrol. Numbers of men and duties by 



districts. (Tabulate so far as possible.) 

 For fighting fires. (Tabulate if possible.) 

 Regular and temporary force. 

 Cooperation, labor, including users. 

 Outside labor. 

 Costs. (Summary for use in obtaining total of forest expenditures 

 in Section \TI.) 

 Specific and detailed instructions to rangers based on the above, and 

 resulting in its direct application should be issued to all forest offi- 

 cers engaged in fire protection. 

 Map showing types, topography, improvements, and as much of above 

 information as is possible and advisable. Copies to accompany 

 letters of instruction. 



Insects: 



Extent of infestation and damage. 



Control, administrative measures, methods. Special force needed. 



Costs. (Summary for use in obtaining total of forest expenditures 



in Section VH.) 



Other damages: 



Extent. Amount of damages. 



Control, administrative measures. (As under Insects.) 



Game: 



Policy and administrative measures. 



Investigations: 



VI. Improvements 



Improvements. Comprehensive plan of the improvements needed. Loca- 

 tion, brief description, estimated costs, indicate those which should be 

 undertaken within the next five years. (Tabulated form.) 

 Roads, trails, telephone lines; fire lines, administrative fences, stock 

 fences, including the fencing of poisonous areas and bog holes, 

 bridges, corrals, dwellings, other buildings, water development, 

 steam improvement, dams to prevent erosion, other projects. 

 Maintenance, as above. 

 Policy and administration. 



Improvement policy of the forest. (Concisely by lines of work such as 



silviculture, grazing, protection, general administration, etc.) 

 Administrative provisions. Special force needed. Costs, exclusive of 

 the costs of individual projects. 

 Map showing all improvements constructed and planned, with a sufficient 

 amount of other data to make intelligible. 



