8. Help prevent *f 6rest fires'. > '> ' 



9. Keep the streams pure the moun- 

 tains clean. 



10. If you do not understand, ask the 

 ranger. 



GREAT FIRES FROM LITTLE 

 CAMP FIRES GROW. 



Remember. The period which you 

 spend on the National Forest ranges 

 with your stock is the dry season, 

 when there is extreme danger to the 

 timber, forage, and watershed values 

 from destruction by fire. Help to pro- 

 tect and save these values by being 

 careful with your camp fires. 



You do not want the stock under 

 your care to come out in poor condi- 

 tion at the end of the season because 

 the best part of the feed upon your 

 range has been burned off, nor do you 

 want to have a lot of hard work hold- 

 ing the stock on the short ' range you 

 will have left if a fire gets away from 

 you. 



You do not want to give the im- 

 pression that the grazing of live stock 

 on the National Forests works injury 

 to the forest lands, or that stockmen 

 and their employees have no regard 

 for the public interest. You do not 

 want to subject yourself to the trouble, 

 expense, and humiliation of arrest be- 

 cause of carelessness in leaving a fire 

 burn unattended. 



Avoid all these difficulties by observ- 

 ing the following simple rules : Do not 

 leave your camp fires burning when 

 you are absent. Build them in safe 

 places in the open. Thoroughly ex- 

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