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INDEX 



Fires Continued. Page 



in the piney woods 163 



in Tujunga Canyon, California 193 



kill reproduction 167 



lightning, Kelley's comments 161 



wilderness, protection against 77 



First-aid caches for winter sports 129 



Fish (see also Game, Wildlife) 



and game 231 



population, rebuilding 205 



Fisheries, Bureau of. (See Bureau of Fish- 

 eries.) 



Fisherman and family, story of 40 



Fishermen try their luck 138 



Fishing 



and hunting as sports 1 96 



in the West Indies 249 



on Apache National Forest, trout 104 



streams and lakes on national forests . . Ill, 201 



Flathead National Forest, elk on the 1 57 



Flocks and herds on the open range 152 



Flood (see also Erosion, Water, Fire) 



caused by clear cutting 179 



caused by overgrazing 180 



Mississippi, March 1939 171 



New Year's Day, 1934, in California. . . 191 



on protected watersheds 138 



Tujunga Canyon, California 193 



Florida (see also Choctawhatchee) 



Everglades afire 165 



vacation revenue of 256 



Folklore and behavior respecting fire 167 



Forage (see also Grazing, Livestock, Range, 

 Wildlife) 



for horseback trips 153 



on the national forests 151 



Forebears' attitude toward forests 21 



Forest (see also City, County, State, Na- 

 tional) 



acreage in United States, original, pres- 

 ent, commercial 1 37 



cover resists rapid run-off 189 



development roads defined 105 



dwellers on western Florida Gulf Coast . . 90 



exploitation results 5 



fires, causes of 172 



fires, started deliberately by human 



beings 163 



growth in the South 141 



management for the long pull 6 



noncommercial, use of 1 38 



officers are ex officio State game wardens . 204 



officers smothered in fire season 161 



parks owned by municipalities 64 



Forest Continued. Page 



planning 233 



ranger's responsibilities 3 



ranges, uses of 151 



reservations set aside in 1891 63 



reserves, name changed in 1 907 63 



reserves transferred in 1905 to Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture 63 



the healing 279 



types of 2 



unfriendly to medieval men 59 



visitors and timber crops in New Hamp- 

 shire 148 



wildlife gives new interests 195 



Forest products laboratory 139 



Forest Service 



and State game commissions 157 



bedding rules help preserve vegetation. 155 



cooperates with National Park Service. . 211 



established 63 



manages the wildlife environment ...... 209 



personnel . 70 



policy 1 



Forestry as a profession 279 



Forests 



adventure to Americans 23 



and parks, differences in recreational 



methods 69 



and parks, State, in New Hampshire .... 95 



and parks, State, in Rhode Island 95 



and water 179 



community, 1,500 in the United States. . 64 



for inspiration and recreation 195 



guests of the 37 



national, acres in 29 



offer retreats from strain 9 



owned by towns, counties, cities 64 



pioneer, 820 million acres of 137 



provide necessities for one-tenth of 



population 280 



State and national, illustrate multiple- 

 use principle 68 



State, characteristics of 68 



Foreword, by Henry A. Wallace vn 



Fortune, editors of, sum up current prob- 

 lems 275 



Fox farming in Alaska 236 



Franconia Notch, highways through 96 



Fraudulent mining claims 218 



Freeman Lake fire blows up 159 



Frontier attitude toward forests 21 



Frontiers, New, by Henry A. Wallace. ... 17 



Frost, Robert, A Further Range 254 



Fuel wood for national forest campgrounds . 110 



