1901. 



AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION 



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know the name and occupation of every 

 resident of your district, temporary as well 

 as permanent, and ascertain bv what right 

 they are upon the reserve and what their 

 business is. An especial and vigilant 

 watch must be kept for forest tires. Visit 

 often the places frequented by campers, as 

 they are a prolific source of fires. Estab- 

 lish correspondence at various points with- 

 in your district with persons residing there- 

 in who will keep you advised of forest 

 fires and depredations, either on the forest 

 reserve or on the public lands near by. 



'' See that the forest fire notices are put 

 up and maintained upon all the public 

 roads and trails of your district. Report 

 all cases of fire and trepass as soon as you 

 have knowledge of them. In all your in- 

 tercourse with the public extend such 

 treatment that every honest man within 

 your district shall be your personal friend. 



" Seth Bullock, 

 " Forest Supervisor." 



As many persons know, the ranger ser- 

 vice in a number of the reserves is decidedly 

 inadequate. The rangers do their work 

 in a listless manner and as a result the re- 

 serves suffer great losses from fire, and 

 timber thieves. 



One of the things most needed in the 

 United States forest reserves is a thor- 

 oughly competent ranger service and if 

 rules similar to those laid down by Capt. 

 Bullock, were adopted and enforced in the 

 reserves generally, the present unfortunate 

 state of affairs in many sections could be 

 prevented. 



Papers from Elsewhere in this number 

 the Denver will be found a paper on 



Meeting. the "Black Hills Forest 



Reserve," by Mr. E. M. 

 Griffith, of the Bureau of Forestry. This 

 paper is one of the series read at the Den- 

 ver meeting of the American Forestry As- 

 sociation. The Black Hills reserve is a 

 most striking example of the great eco- 

 nomic value of forests to a community, 

 and Mr. Griffith's article was written 

 after two season's work in this particular 

 locality. 



In the October number of The Fores- 

 ter we failed to note that the interesting 

 paper on " Insect Enemies of Forests and 

 Forest Products," by Dr. A. D. Hopkins, 

 of Morgantown, W. Ya., had been read 



at the Denver m The remainder 



of these papers will be printed as earlj 

 space will permit. 



The Fire California. A for. 



Record. raged near Pacific Grove 



and Monterey during the 

 second week in October. I 

 done is estimated at $100,000; and many 

 thousands of acres of brush and tin, 

 were burned over. At one time the fire 

 became so threatening that messengers 

 were sent out for help. Large parties ol 

 men fought the flames for a full day and at 

 one time the fire reached a point within 

 half a mile of the town. 



One of the most disastrous forest fires 

 in recent years occurred in northern Cal- 

 ifornia during the months of July and 

 August. A short notice of this lire was 

 printed in the September Forester, but 

 owing to its seriousness it is felt that 

 the facts which have come to hand since 

 should be published. 



This fire started July 1st on a sheep 

 range, about 10 miles east of Red Bluff, 

 and is reported as started by herders to 

 clear brush-land for sheep range. Ex- 

 tremely dry, hard winds blew almost con- 

 stant!}' during July and usually from the 

 north or south, so the fire " angled " 

 across the wind generally. The burned 

 area is nearly all sheep range and timber 

 land, and is about 40 miles long by 5 to 15 

 miles in width, and lies mainly in the 

 country drained by Deer and Sulphur 

 Creeks and some smaller streams. The 

 fire continued to burn steadily until Au- 

 gust 10, fully forty days. During much 

 of this time another great lire was devas- 

 tating the ranges further east. 



The creeks of this region are used, 

 where their bottoms join the Sacramento 

 Valley, for irrigating. A lumber flume 

 terminating at Red Bluff, which brings 

 down lumber from the Champion Mill, 

 is also fed by these mountain streams. 

 As these creeks head in the I ol 



heaviest rain and snow fall, the\ 

 among the most valuable tributaries t" the 

 Sacramento River. Such tires will un- 

 doubtedly greatly affeel the flovs <>< these 

 streams, thus decreasing their value for 

 irrigation and at the same time much 

 injury to the navigation <>!' the river \> ill 

 result. 



