FORESTRY IN COLORADO 



ORGANIZATION OF COUNTY FIRE WARDENS. 



The work of visiting the county seats of the forty-two counties 

 in the state which contain forested lands so as to acquaint the 

 county officers concerned in the control of forest fires with the law, 

 as specified in Sections 1280 and 1281, the Revised Statutes of 1908, 

 was not completed at the end of the first biennial period ending 

 November 3Oth, 1912. In order to complete this work, Special Dep- 

 uty I. W. Bennett was retained by contract for this purpose. 



In all, forty-two counties were visited and lists of deputy 

 sheriffs appointed and to be appointed were obtained from thirty- 

 eight counties. The Boards of County Commissioners of fourteen 

 counties passed resolutions agreeing to co-operate with the National 

 Forest Service and do their part, financially and otherwise, to assist 

 in forest fire control. The total list of deputies, including the sher- 

 iffs, is 550. Copies of State Forestry Laws and Instructions for 

 County and State Fire Wardens have been distributed in all these 

 counties. Deputy Sheriff Forest Service badges have been distribu- 

 uted to the number of 340. 



Following the close of the biennial period 1910-12, none of the 

 appropriation for carrying on the State Forestry work was available 

 during the first fifteen months. This made it impossible to continue 

 the work of organization except through correspondence. This has 

 been found at best rather unsatisfactory. 



The duties of Chief Fire Warden in each county are merely 

 incidental to the regular duties of the sheriffs of these counties. 

 This makes it difficult to sustain a good degree of intrest in forest 

 fire control through correspondence only, and this part of our work 

 can be made effective only through continuous personal conference 

 with these officials. It is honed that during succeeding years our 

 appropriation will be regularly available, for in this way it will be 

 possible to keep in touch with the situation in each county and en- 

 courage in every way possible the carrying out of the law by those 

 who are committed to this work. 



Counties that have adopted resolutions concerning the work of 

 county forest fire control: (See First Biennial Report, page 10.) 



Larimer Pitkin Mineral San Juan 



Pueblo Bould'er Garfield Jackson 



Jefferson Huerfano Ouray Montrose 



Douglas Custer Montezuma Hinsdale 



