ADMINISTRATION 51 



enues due to lack of transportation facilities. If 

 valuable grazing land or timber land can be made 

 accessible there is good reason for building a new 

 road. In many cases roads and trails are built to 

 facilitate the protection of large remote areas from 

 fire. Such areas may have large bodies of valu- 

 able timber which if destroyed by forest fires would 

 involve a heavy loss. Even aside from valuable 

 timber on an area, it is absolutely necessary when a 

 forest fire breaks out to get to it with men and fire- 

 fighting equipment in the shortest possible time 

 before it spreads. If the fire gets to be a large 

 one, many men with provisions, tents, fire-fighting 

 tools, and other equipment must be transported to 

 the scene of the fire. Any delay in the transporta- 

 tion of these things may prove fatal and may result 

 in an uncontrollable conflagration. 



The transportation system that is proposed for a 

 National Forest, if the one that exists is inadequate, 

 is usually planned many years ahead. The ulti- 

 mate or ideal system is always kept in mind so that 

 every mile of road or trail that is constructed is 

 made a part of it. If not enough money is avail- 

 able for a good road, a trail is built along the line 

 of the proposed road. Later this trail is widened 



