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means is prevented (Fig. 246). Seed bearing trees are destroyed 

 and nothing is left to replace the cut timber. Making of paper 

 from wood is legitimate and necessary, but plans should be 

 devised whereby the reproduction of valuable trees may continue 

 and the forest may be permanent. About one-third of the area of 

 the United States is classified as "forested." If our present forests 

 could be properly cared for they would be a permanent resource. 

 The present alarming destruction of forests is not so much a 

 result of their proper use for lumber, as the many wastes arising 

 from several causes: (1) Forest fires; (2) destruction by insects 

 and fungous diseases, due to improper management; (3) too close 



FIG. 245. A log-jam in a small stream, formerly used for transporting large saw logs 

 to the saw mill, but here used to transport second growth and other small "sticks" to the 

 paper mill. The transition and the present condition in regions near paper mills is heart- 

 rending to one who realizes the need of permanent forestry. 



cutting, which destroys trees of seed bearing age; (4) destruction 

 of trees too small to be of commercial value when cutting large 

 trees; (5) the waste of parts not immediately useful to those who 

 are cutting for special purposes; millions of trees are cut for 

 tanbark and the trees allowed to rot or are burned. 



Preventing Waste. All citizens owning or living near wooded 

 areas can aid materially in preventing forest fires. They should 

 cooperate with the United States and state authorities by posting 

 up fresh legal notices warning hunters and campers against forest 

 fires. When fires and storms have devastated wooded areas they 

 should often be replanted with seeds or seedlings. 



Forest insects and. diseases may be largely controlled by re- 



