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NEAR SUMMIT OF MT. ECHO, 

 WHITE MOUNTAINS. FIRE CON- 

 SUMED THE SOIL TWENTY- 

 THREE YEARS AGO AND LEFT IT 

 PERMANENTLY BARREN 



TYPICAL WHITE MOUNTAIN FOR- 

 EST CONDITIONS 



MT. WEBSTER, WHITE MOUNTAINS, 

 MADE PERMANENTLY BARREN 

 BY FIRE AND EROSION FOLLOW- 

 ING THE AXE. THIS IS WHY 

 WE WANT PROTECTI^^; FORESTS 

 ON STEEP UPPER SLOPES 



