Vte nro always complaining that we have not time to 

 do this or that. By plrnin- re will find that wo will have 

 tho tine. Do each piooe of work thoroughly and do it to day, 

 don't put it off until tomorrow, as wo are all BO incline?, 

 to do. '.Then you are directing your assistants to go on a 

 certain trip surest to them oertein things to look up on 

 the route anfl In thio way tre.in their minds to think up 

 things for themselves. 



In directing your fire patrol plan each day how ell 

 your district can be covered. If you or one of your assistants 

 are going a distance from your regular route and thus leave 

 part of the district unguarded see that one of your mon so 

 plan his patrol as to cover the unguarded territory. 



A .groat deal of time is wasted on stormy days. 

 There is no necessity for this if you will plan your work 

 ahead. Si -.us can be made, filing can be done, beck 

 correspondence cru<rht up, firo and improvement piano nade, 

 maps got up to date, manuals and forest books studied, tools 

 sharpened and a hundred and one things to do that are Just as 

 nocoocary ac tho field work to keep tho rork of your District 

 up to date. 



This mooting is oalle" to discuss among ourselves 

 i'iQ v.'or"; of the Forest Service on tho Trhoo and Lldorado 



'.ional Jorosts am 5 to 'or inn; out discussions to help oech 

 of us to bo more efficient units of our system. I hope thct 

 you vrill moke this meeting a starter and look back to those 

 tro days as to tho birth of scientific management on the 

 Tehoo end Eldorado National Forests. Let us commence by 

 getting just as many ideas 3ut of this mooting as possible. 

 Each of us can bring out something to help the other fellow 

 end so help the system. 



JONES: A well managed Forest must necessarily be 

 made up of veil me urged rrnger districts. To sry thnt a 

 district ie rell managed Is saying a great deal more than is 

 apparent to the crusal observer or to any one v/ho has not 

 given tho subject deep thought. A district rary have a district 

 renger, enou-h assistants cnc 1 guards to handle any emergency 

 that may arise, good buildings and sufficient for the needs Of 

 the men end horses, a good system of trails, telephone lines, 

 fire brer. ks and a good protection ?lan, but can vre say it is 

 well managed? Ho,"l thin': v;e can sry that it is only ready 

 to be managed, 



'..'e vill tr':o up the District Ranger first. V/hP.t are 

 tho qualifications of a district render? ^irst a fictrict 

 r should be, if :-otioible, a man veil versod in the 



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