cially or, what is far more important, for -health half as much 

 as when they were the people's fishing grounds. 



An.d yet these lands are being steadily and rapidly sold and 

 the fishing grounds destroyed. They should be saved to the 

 fishermen; but the fishermen must not expect a kind and ben- 

 evolent government to do it for them. It is up to them to 

 fight for those grounds themselves and the sooner they get 

 busy the more fishing grounds they will have. The first step 

 in that direction should be state forests. 



Two forest officers, in Washington and Oregon, are writ in <> 

 popular descriptions of the trees on the Crater and Mi. Rainier 

 national parks, for the use of visitors to the parks. 



In~ many parts of the ivest snow is leaving the mountains earlier 

 than usual. Foresters say that this may mean a bad fire season, 

 and they are making plans for a hard campaign. 



New Jersey is said to have the greatest proportion of railroad 

 mileage of any state in the country, or one mile of railroad to 

 every three square miles of teritory. This makes an unusual risk, 

 of forest fires set by railroads. 



The heavy storms in southern California during the past rainy 

 season znnped out many miles of trails in the national forests of 

 that part of the. state. They are now being rebuilt for the com- 

 ing summer, for use in fire protection. They are also of great 

 use to tourists, campers, and prospectors. 



Forest officers in Washington and Oregon plan to discontinue 

 the use of barbed wire on their forests. This will, affect their 

 own pastures and publ'c drift fences. They say. barbed wire has 

 no advantage over smooth wire, that it in ju'res stock, 'and that it is 

 more likely to be borne down by soft snow. Stockman on the 

 Ochoco forest, in Oregon, recently constructed drift fences of 

 smooth wire, though with some misgivings! now they say they ivill 

 never use barbed wire -again. 



