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FUTURE WORK. 



The Arapaho is one of the few Forests in District 2 which 

 has had unqualified success in reforestation of lodgepole pine by 

 direct seeding in the form of broadcasting on the fall snow. The 

 Seeding Plan calls for the reforestation of approximately 4,000 

 acres in the next four years. This will require the collection and 

 extraction of about 15,000 bushels of lodgepole pine cones in 

 that period for seed to be used exclusively on the Arapaho. In 

 addition other parts of the District will need seed which should 

 bring the amount to be collected annually to probably 5,000 bush- 

 els. The future need, therefore, for cheap seed is apparent and 

 : -nsures the permanency of the lodgepole pine cone collection in- 

 dustry in Middle Park. 



The local population has become intensely interested in the 

 work. Many persons visit the Seed Extraction Plant while it is in 

 operation, the local papers comment on the success of the work 

 from a financial and silvicultural standpoint, while all look fav- 

 orably on the work the Forest Service is doing in reforesting the 

 fire swept hillsides on the Arapaho. The settlers, however, be- 

 come most enthusiastic when they realize a new industry has been 

 established in Middle Park, which has been and which will con- 

 tinue to be the means of helping them to develop their homesteads 

 and their ranches. 



