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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



and it is necessary to reach this class user and settler on the Forest, and also 



especially, as well as local forest settlers to all local newspapers. The papers 



and stockmen. invariably printed the entire letter, 



This year a personal letter was sent without being asked to. Wherever the 



to storekeepers in towns on the border words "fire" or "fires" occurred in the 



of the forest where campers and fish- letter the printing was in bright red, 



Going Fishing? 



The finest trout streams, the best hunting grounds and the most beautiful 

 camping places in America are to be found within the National Forests 



90,000,000 PEOPLE 



are joint owners of 

 the National Forests 



YOU 



are one of 

 this number 



Help Prevent Poorest F^ires 



LIGHTED MATCHES, CIGARS AND CIGARETTES ARE DANGEROUS 



Put out your camp fires before leaving 

 Don't build bonfires 



Keep the Forests Green 



U. S. Department of Agriculture 



ing parties outfit, as well as hotels 

 within and near the forest, enclosing a 

 "Going Fishing" card and a supply of 

 the "Six Rules," samples of which are 

 shown. These persons were asked to 

 post the "Going Fishing' card in their 

 places of business in a conspicuous 

 place and to give out the "Six Rules" 

 cards to sportsmen, tourists and others. 

 In addition to these, a fire letter was 

 printed and a copy mailed to every 



Forest Service 



and in heavier type, and the letter was 

 signed in red ink. 



The printed fire letter idea is fol- 

 lowed very extensively by forest su- 

 pervisors as the most effective and prac- 

 tical means of reaching all the users of 

 a forest. It is only a part of a cam- 

 paign that is being carried on to bring 

 before the public the reasonableness of 

 forest protection through fire preven- 

 tion. 



