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Recreation Uses on 



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National Forest visitor registering his name, address, and destination. Wenatchee National Forest 



(Sunset High-way). 



practicable wood supply is an item of the equipment. Simple 

 provisions are made for sanitation, and cement fireplaces are 

 often installed. Sometimes telephone service is made available. 

 Such camps are extensively used by travelers, especially along the 

 more popular through routes. To a certain degree they prove a 

 protection for the Forests, since the camp fires of the tourists, 

 instead of being set in out-of-the-way and dangerous places, are 

 made in safe areas. It is found, moreover, that the the campers, 

 once their interest and cooperation is aroused, become a volunteer 

 fire guard of no mean efficiency. In hundreds of instances these 

 tourists report incipient fires or assist in putting them out. 



On the forest areas are many spots which, 

 Picnic for special local reasons, have come to be 



Grounds popular as picnic grounds. The Big Hole 



battle field, near Wisdom, Mont., is a fair 

 example. Here the old settlers hold an annual reunion, and 

 parties congregate at other times. 



