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APPENDIX ^(Continued) 



SUMMARY OF CONDITIONS AND OPERATIONS OF CALIFORNIA 

 DIVISION OF THE UNITED STATES FORESTRY SERVICE 

 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1920 : 



Number of National Forests 17 



Area of public land, acres 24,003,190 



Area of private land included, acres 5,111,929 



Timber cut: 143,066,000 ft., value $328,452.73 



Forage for 211,186 cattle and horses, value , . $152,841.26 



Forage for 548,858 sheep and goats, value. . . $78,459.77 



Receipts from 5,000 "special uses" $40,656.25 



Total receipts $723,465.68 



Value of improvements including: 



355 miles of road 

 4,233 miles of trails 



480 fire-breaks 

 4,653 miles of telephone lines 



71 bridges 

 103 look-outs $1,718,943.00 



Number of fires handled: 



1,338, of which 641 were "lightning" and 

 204 were "campers" fires which burned 

 over an acreage of 129,728 



ESTIMATES OF CALIFORNIA FOREST RESOURCES 



Area of forested lands (22 per cent of State 

 area) approximately one half in Na- 

 tional Forests 44,700 sq. miles 



Standing Timber (Board Measure) ....350,000,000,000 ft. 



Roughly classified as follows: 



Redwood 80,000,000,000 ft. 



Sugar pine 33,265,000,000 " 



California white pine 85,421,000,000 " 



Douglas fir 46,407,000,000 " 



