eiderable amount of surveying had boen done on the onow on 

 th* ta Forest and Supervisor Ilamnatt felt quite oonfldent 

 that reconr.aisnonce work could be successfully carried on 

 during the winter. 



During the sunn<?r it had been i-npossible to detail 

 any of the rangers to reconnaissance^ work as they were all 

 extremely bus;* with their protection work and other field 

 work. It is quite important that the rangers be familiar 

 with reconnaissance methods and work, and this winter work 

 furaiohed an excellent opportunity for them to gain this 

 experience at a tine when there was but little work needing 

 their attention in their districts. A large part of the 

 winter work was carried on in a reguin where the underbrush 

 is so dense that reconnaissance work is practically impossible 

 during the summer. The winter work will also aid materially 

 in coinpleting the reconnaissance work of the Forest. 



This winter reconnaissance was carried on by two 

 crews of six men each - fire rangers and a forest assistant. 

 The crew of which I was in charge worked in the northeast 

 portion of the Forest, working from tho Forest boundary south 

 to a divide up to which the other crew was working from the 

 south 



We raised our tents at our first camp on January 8, 

 "and the next clay it snowed" . We had three oanpe altogether 

 during the winter; at the first two we were in a country of 

 lava rock without fresh water and our water for drinking and 

 cooking had to be hauled from a well five miles distant* For 

 this purpose, and for convenience in bringing in supplies, 

 we kept with us at our first two camps two horses and a wagon 

 (and later a slod). The trips after water and supplies 

 were confined as far as possible to days when it was im- 

 possible to do field work on account of soft snow or storms. 

 The team, was also used in going to and from work when tho 

 work lay at a considerable distance from camp, as there 

 wao a large amount of level country at our first two camps. 

 YThen the snow became deep It was found quicker to walk to 

 work rathern than to ride where there were no roads broken. 



w V7as melted for water for the heroes, and to considerable 

 extent for our own use ao T/ell. V/e had three tents: one 

 1<? x !<'', was provided with a board floor, and used fbr our 

 bunk house, and was kept very comfortable by a heating store; 

 another tent 12 x 14* was our meas tent and kitchen j the 

 third tent, 16 x 10' was tho stable. The rangers took 

 turns at cooking, acting as cook for a week at a time, and 

 doing no field work during that week. 



During, the first week the snow was very shallow 

 and we worked without snowshoeo* After the second snow otorm 

 we started to use sno'.vehoea and oor.tlr.ued th cir use during 

 the r&mainder of the work. '/e had fire pair of web shoes 



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