6o 



THE FORESTER. 



March. 



timber destroyed, 2,115 acres; live timber 

 partiallv destroyed 4,467 acres; under- 

 growth" and dead timber 2, 181% acres; 

 grass lands 1,600 acres, which gives a 

 Total of 10,363^ acres or about .0003 per 

 cent, of the acreage contained within the 

 reserves. This shows that. the forest em- 

 ployees are doing most excellent work, 



and that an efficient organization would 

 be able to cope with the danger at large. 

 The area burned over, outside of the 

 Reserves amounts to- 865 square miles. 

 The figures given in detail by counties 

 are in the following table, which shows 

 the forest condition of Colorado, Decem- 

 ber 31, 1900. 



Counties. 



Area 



Forest Conditions from June 30, 1900. 



Routt 8750 



Rio Blanco 3 6o 



Garfield | 3250 



Mesa ' 3 



Rio Grande 1260 



Saguache 3 2 4 



Gunnison 3 2 



Chaffee 115 



Lake 45 



Pitkin 1120 



Eagle 1600 



Summit 690 



Larimer 4100 



Grand 2100 



Boulder 79 



Gilpin 15 



Clear Creek 390 



Jefferson 740 



Park 2100 



Sanjuan 500 



Custer 720 



Conejos 1 200 



Costilla 1720 



Las Animas 4700 



Archuleta 1100 



Mineral 860 



Hinsdale 960 



La Plata i860 



San Miguel 1300 



Delta 1 150 



Douglas 846 



Teller 558 



Fremont 1509 



El I'aso 2141 



Pueblo 2700 



Huerfano 2400 



Montrose 2527 



Ouray 680 



Dolores 1180 



Montezuma 2640 



Total 74931 



Forest 

 lands. 



980 



I50 

 300 

 910 

 576 

 IOOO 

 300 

 600 

 200 

 746 

 300 

 200 



1875 

 700 

 IOO 



31 

 261 



318 

 900 



67 

 700 

 400 

 750 

 1400 

 624 



645 

 600 



525 

 185 

 72 

 ^19 

 180 

 500 

 400 

 160 

 240 

 630 

 280 

 500 

 200 



Fire 

 wasted. 



Brush 

 lands. 



I9824 



180 



15 

 I03 

 200 



60 



45 

 60 

 70 



153 

 77 

 60 



34 



188 



90 



25 

 6 



150 

 6 



225 



25 

 24 



45 

 50 

 75 

 25 



9 

 21 

 92 



221 



270 

 80 

 50 



105 

 40 

 50 



140 



3474 



400 

 45 



151 



320 



216 

 300 

 80 

 80 

 421 

 520 



195 

 66 



750 

 375 

 25 

 19 

 215 

 265 



300 



11 



35o 



400 



300 



1200 



300 



300 



400 



400 



60 



54 



158 



46 



223 



86 



48 



70 



125 



40 

 250 



Timber.* 



9185 



400 

 90 

 46 



39 

 300 



250 

 160 

 45o 

 5 

 149 



45 

 100 



937 



235 



50 



6 



46 



53 



45o 



50 



35o 



225 



175 

 300 

 300 

 150 

 50 

 100 



9 



140 



42 



56 



44 



32 



120 



400 



200 



200 



60 



Timber 



lands 



burnt in 



1900. 



7165 



42 

 25 

 25 



205 

 90 



44 

 32 



24 

 4 



42 



40 



10 



6 



135 

 34 



Timber 



lands 



remaining 



Dec. 31, 1900. 



758 



358 



65 

 21 



39 

 95 



250 

 70 



45o 

 5 



149 

 45 

 56 



905 



235 

 26 



2 



46 



53 

 408 



50 

 350 



225 



175 

 260 

 290 

 144 

 50 

 100 



9 



140 



42 



56 



44 



32 



120 



265 



166 



200 



60 





6407 



* In the greater number of the areas classified " Timber," the yield would likely be from 3,000 to 

 5,000 feet board measure to the acre. Hence the money value at $1.00 per thousand feet stumpage 

 for 758 square miles would be at least $14,553.60. But the stumpage value ought not to be consid- 

 ered as of great account compared with the enormous damage caused to the agricultural interests 

 by the denudation of the watersheds. 



