RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE. 75 



STATE OFTENNESSEE 



STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 



FORESTRY DIVISION 



FACTS KNOWN 

 ABOUT FOREST FIRES 



FOREST FIRES KILL YOUNG TREES AND 

 INJURE AND DESTROY LARGE ONES. 



BURNING THE LEAVES DESTROYS SOIL 

 FERTILITY,REDUCES THE PERMANENT 

 WATER SUPPLY, CAUSES FLOODS IN 

 SPRING AND DRY STREAMS IN SUMMER, 

 AND KILLS OUT THE FISH. 



THE BURNING OF MANY FENCES, 

 BUILDINGS, ORCHARDS, AND CROPS 

 IS DUE TO FOREST FIRES. 



SONG AND GAME BIRDS AND GAME 

 ANIMALS ARE DRIVEN OUT BY 

 FOREST FIRES. 



GRAZING IS NOT IMPROVED BY FOREST 

 FIRES BUT IS INJURED BYTHEM. THERE 

 ARE GOOD REASONS FOR THIS. 



PREVENT FOREST FIRES 



HELP SAVE THE TIMBER/THE WATER 

 SUPPLY,THE BIRDS, THE ANIMALS, AND 

 THE FISH. HELP REDUCE THE FLOODS, 

 ANDTHE LOSS OF FARM PROPERTY FROM 

 FIRE. HELP IMPROVE THE GRAZING. 



A.H.PURDUE, STATE GEOLOGIST. 

 R.S.MADDOX, FORESTER. 



The above cut is made from a drawing for a poster that is being prepared 

 by the State Geological Survey, to be put up in those parts of the State where 

 forest fires are most common; but it isi applicable wherever there are forests. 

 The size of the poster is 10 by 13 inches. 



