LATION OF ! 



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By Di'itrict Ranger C. A. Chanberlair. . 



Juot to wtat ext.ont the rrof-ctivo force may ' 

 on i.T.i>rovMr>*r.t work, without impairing our firo protec- 

 tion, can beet be determined by a caroful study of each 

 r L'lstrict. Probably no two dintricts can be fwund 



a conditions are oxactl" alike, cor.no- 

 r.ar-l and fast rule governteft a corcbinod protection 



t working plan oan be Dado, ^vhich will arply 

 all its s<w-. j n ^iatricts alike. I bflinvr, however, that 

 xve a plan which can be successfully carried out in 

 District 7 whoroby we will b able to ive the Forest anple 

 protection, and at. the sane time turn off u creditable amount 

 of im ; -nt work v/ith tho protective force. 



Beforo givinp my rl an > I wioh to givr a littlo of 

 Diatrict'o oarly hi3tory. DiBtrlct 7 lion within th 

 mineral belt Liuch of it.o eurfaco conniPte of rolling hills 

 covered with a heavy stand of timber, and in nany places dense 

 stands rf reproduction. During tho oarly nininc days rost of 



."' waa prospected for mineral. Many trails worn 

 -i out, and in nome places fjradp work was dono, to got 

 eupplioj into the vuriouj foilches where r,old was founr 1 . . Th 

 - of this work wao done In the sixties and seventies, and 

 as fast as a gulch was mined out it naa abandoned, r.r-d tho 



i all >wod ro grow up to brush. The result Is that today 

 t.hfn^ ol.\ trails aro in noro noed of repair, ^.'ith our pr*>- 

 t snail allotments for improvement ?/orJ:, thore is little 

 char.c* that ni^re than a small percentage of them will bo im- 

 paired in the nar future, uiiloss we hit upon some plan whoroby 

 w ./ill ho able to do the work with the protective f<"roe. 



My plan is as follower Place a man on Granito Teak 

 Mi a romfortablo cabin, a aupply of food, a cooking ntov* 

 and funl. Install tho most subctantial telephone equipment 

 to b=- procured; give him a map of the District, a compass, 

 and a ^ow;rrul fiold glass. 



District 7 is divided :*ntc four natural fir patrol 

 ts, iTTiOwii as the Buckeye I- : cuntain, Trinity fountain, Fact. 

 F' rk . Sfiarts Fork. Upon oach of tho first three units 



build. a comfor^atlo headquarters for Guards, near a 

 cf /,ood we;.r, if possible, and upon the tr-ps of th 

 i"l<:gft*v_I would furnish a stnvo t<-> ratrolmen but 



loicns. 1 v/ould then build telephone li; 

 length of tho most iinporta.it ratrol routes, but 



