FORESTRY IN COLORADO 



Land Commissioners in the matter of granting 1 of permits for cut- 

 ting timber upon State lands, giving them data concerning the 

 proper timber to be cut and the proper method of cutting and re- 

 moving the timber and the removal of the stoppings and advising 

 the State Board of Land Commissioners concerning any matters of 

 importance relative to the removal of the timber and the replanting 

 and reforestation of State lands, but nothing herein contained shall 

 be construed as amending the law at present existing giving the 

 State Board of Land Commissioners authority in said matter. 

 (Laws 1911, page 420, Sec. 4.) 



5. STATE FORESTER AID IN EXTINGUISHING FOREST FIRES. 

 The State Forester shall advise, aid and assist in preventing and 

 extinguishing forest fires on State lands and private lands and in 

 the National Forests in the State, but nothing herein contained 

 shall be construed as amending the law making it the duty of the 

 Sheriffs of the various Counties of the State to prevent and exting- 

 uish forest fires. (Laws 1911, page 420, Sec. 5.) 



6. STATE FORESTER ASSIST IN TREE CULTURE. The State 

 Forester may advise or assist any individual, individuals, association 

 or corporations, towns or cities, and examine any tract of land that 

 it may be desired to devote to the growing of trees or forests, to 

 advise as to the planting thereof and the protection, preservation 

 or reforestation of any private lands under an agreement with the 

 owners of such land, whereby the owner or owners of such land' 

 shall pay to the State Board of Agriculture a sum equal to the to- 

 tal expense of the State Forester or such assistants as may be ap- 

 pointed for said purpose. (Laws 1911, page 420, Sec. 6.) 



7. SHERIFFS REPORT FOREST FIRES. It shall be the duty of 

 the Sheriffs of the various Counties of the State to report as soon 

 as practical the occurrence of any fire in any forest or forests in 

 the State, either on private or public lands, and upon receiving 

 notice from any source of a fire or fires in any forest, it shall be 

 the duty of the State Forester to aid and assist in extinguishing the 

 same. (Laws 1911, page 421, Sec. 7.) 



S. STATE FORESTER LEARN CAUSE OF FOREST FIRES. It 

 shall be the duty of the State Forester to examine and inquire into 

 the cause of fires occurring in the forests of the State, either on pri- 

 vate or public lands, to prosecute violation of all laws pertaining to 

 fires or the cutting or destruction of timber in the State, and report 

 to the proper authority, any violation or dereliction on the part of 

 any officer or officers of the State with relation to fires and in rela- 

 tion to the timber or forests in the State. (Laws 1911, page 421, 

 Sec. 8.) 



