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are now gone after the forests have been cut. 

 Lemiston, Montmorency County, Michigan . xlii 



Figure 8. Deserted houses, abandoned after the saw- 

 mill left. These are the remains of what 

 was once a prosperous town. Lemiston, 

 Montmorency County, Michigan .... xlii 



Figure 9. Forest officers in front of the Forest Super- 

 visor's summer headquarters. Note the 

 many telephone wires that lead from the of- 

 fice. This is 50 miles from the railroad. 

 Lassen National Forest, California ... 32 



Figure 10. Scene in front of the Forest Supervisor's 

 headquarters. Sheep leaving the National 

 Forest summer range in the fall to go to win- 

 ter range in the valley. Lassen National 

 Forest, California 32 



Figure 11. Forest officers and lumberjacks burning the 

 slash resulting from a timber sale. The 

 snow on the ground makes the burning less 

 dangerous. Washakie National Forest, Wy- 

 oming. Photo by the author 38 



Figure 12. Forest officers at a winter timber-cruising 

 camp repairing snow shoes. Besides cruis- 

 ing the timber, these men make a logging 

 map of the government lands, to show how 

 the timber can best be taken out. Lassen 

 National Forest, California. Photo by the 

 author 38 



Figure 13. A forest fire lookout tower on Leek Springs 

 Mountain, Eldorado National Forest, Cali- 

 fornia 50 



Figure 14. A typical Forest Ranger's headquarters. 

 Idlewood Ranger Station, Arapaho National 

 Forest, Colorado 52 



