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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



May 



to the present time there have been 

 issued 825 permits <for the grazing of 

 sheep, and 4,750 permits for the graz- 

 ing of cattle and horses on the public 

 forest lauds. These permits embrace 

 a total of approximately 1,320,000 

 sheep and 762,380 cattle and horses 

 which have been grazed on the forest 

 reserves in the past season. The For- 

 est Service still have to issue permits 

 for about 52,500 head of cattle and 

 horses, and 112,000 sheep. 



The figures given here apply only to 

 the reserves established for a consid- 

 erable length of time. In the new re- 

 serves that have, or will be created, it 

 will be the policy of the Forest Ser- 

 vice, where the livestock industry is of 

 special importance, to allow all of the 

 stock customarily using the range the 

 privilege of grazing for this year, and 

 permits will be issued to graze the 

 stock which are now occupying the 

 ranges, including cattle, horses, and 

 sheep. In the following season if the 

 ranges are found to be over stocked, 

 the number will be gradually reduced 

 until the proper limit is reached. Such 

 reduction will be made gradually and 

 ample opportunity given the stockmen 

 to fit their business to the new condi- 

 tions. The result of the forest reserve 

 regulations will be thus to protect the 

 stockmen in a better and more perma- 

 nent use of the ranges. 



The Plumas Forest Re- 

 serve in California, was 

 created on March 27th, 

 with an area of 579,520 acres. Forest 

 Inspector L. A. Barrett has been ap- 

 pointed forest supervisor of the re- 

 serve. 



Forest Inspector W. R. Slosson has 

 been appointed forest inspector of the 

 entire Santa Barbara Forest Reserve 

 in California. He was formerly in 

 charge of the eastern division only, 

 and now takes charge of the western 

 /livision as well. The latter was for- 

 'merly in charge of Forest Inspector 

 B. F. Chawshaw, who is now engaged 

 in the examination of lands in south- 

 ern California for new forest reserves. 

 The Final Forest Reserve, Arizona, 



Fores: Re- 

 serve Notes. 



recently created, embraces an area of 

 45,760 acres, located just south of 

 Globe, and has been placed in charge 

 of Forest Supervisor Thomas Hamp- 

 ton, who is also supervisor of the Mt. 

 Graham Forest Reserve, with head- 

 quarters at Thatcher, Arizona. Rang- 

 er James C. Brodie has been trans- 

 ferred from the San Francisco Moun- . 

 tains Forest Reserve to this reserve. 



The following new reserves have 

 been recently created by presidential 

 proclamation : The Trinity Forest Re- 

 serve, in California ; the Wenaha For- 

 est Reserve, in Oregon and Washing- 

 ton ; the Chesninnus Forest Reserve, in 

 Oregon ; the Gunnison Forest Reserve, 

 in Colorado. The Plum Creek and 

 South Platte Forest Reserves, in Colo- 

 rado, have been combined with the 

 Pikes Peak Forest Reserve, together 

 with other additional new lands. The 

 combined reserve will be known as the 

 Pike's Peak Forest Reserve. The 

 Leadville Forest Reserve, in Colorado, 

 and the Elkhorn Forest Reserve, in 

 Montana, are also very recent addi- 

 tions to the public forest reservations. 



Another new forest reserve recently 

 created by presidential proclamation is 

 the Sevier Forest Reserve, in Utah. 



Mr. W. A. Langille has been ap- 

 pointed forest inspector in the Forest 

 Service, and has been assigned to take 

 charge of the Alexander Archipelago 

 Forest Reserve, in Alaska. 



Timber Sales Considerable business 

 in Forest Re- has been done by that 

 serves. branch of the Forest 



Service which has charge of the sale 

 of timber on the forest reserves, dur- 

 ing the last few months. The heaviest 

 sales of timber have been in the Black 

 Hills Forest Reserve in South Dakota, 

 where a removal of all of the insect- 

 infested and diseased timber, including 

 that destroyed by the bark beetle, is 

 being attempted, and such timber in 

 the shape of fuel-wood, fence posts, 

 ties, etc., finds a ready market. Espe- 

 cially is the Forest Service pleased 

 over the cooperation and assistance 

 which residents of the reserve have 

 shown in the removal and sale of tim- 



