P.econnalssr.nce 



LYONS: I believe reconnaissance rill bo a <*roat 

 help to the render in his reppulcr ror*:. .re run a strip one 

 chain wide through oach 40 acres anc? mr.'.:e a reap of the'aroa. 

 In -L>.o first piece wo find the corners, pace out lines, 

 locate any alienated land end pos t the boundaries. One of the 

 first t::in~s c ranker rants to 3oiow about his district is where 

 the corners are one". Just hot7 he ctn follow the lines through. 

 TTo ocn do this ^or'.c more easily than he ocn. 



The reconnaissance crerr is generally pic. cod in 

 districts '-here fire danger is groat and the rrnger nost always 

 knows where they nro located co if there happens to be a fire 

 in the district he ccn cell on the reconnaissance crew. A^ain 

 it helps the rr-nror by ^ivln<j him an idea of viiat he has in his 

 e.iatrict. Ko rents to know v-^.t timber ho has, what the 

 poosibilities of a salo are; what chr.nces of reproduction ere, 

 and oo on. After wo ?et through with oufr field v/oric re have 

 c 'ounch of nape to prepare and theee help out a great deal 

 boor.use toraship plats ere not accurate. In ocse a ranker 

 rr.nts these isups for uoo in hie '^azinj rork, Juno 11 examina- 

 tion, or rjiy of the thousand and' one -fchin^a that come up he 

 can air-aye use these ne.ps to aclvanta^o. 



3AILAID3: ?rora tho rrorlr thiQ summer, one of p>. 

 -roatost helps rocorjiaioscjioo has boon to the ranger is 

 nsr.r'.ring an Z on a troe ^hore the line crosses a road Tt is 

 surprising >o* puicJc a man locates himself when he sees ono of 

 those 23 ant ! notches. This is especially true with a new man 

 in the Service as a now ranger. 



TTHITHJU: I found reconnaissance a big help In the 

 ray of fine 1 in?? corners. After the reconnaissance party had 

 worked in my district we issued a number of special use 

 permits on land previously claimed by people. 





 Insect Infestations. 



BABBITT: I treated four inooct infested trees on ny 

 distriet and for c-ono reason the burs stopped wor::. V/e tool: 

 an au^or and bored into the treos for about oiit inches r-nd 

 pourod in creosote. I thought creosote rould bo lilro oil and 

 1:111 the bujjs. In thoeo four trees it appeared to, but, of 

 course, I must out tho trees dov~n to decide vhat the results 

 rore. 



^: I hc.d an idea that a live tree filled with 

 creosote "'ould be killec 7 . 



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