observation will show th:i + * >-.r. f , Jvxr*- eno . 



fr-ovnci litter r.ccurulatos ?.; aided to the noil 00 slovr- 



ay ta .ace about s.3 rarL.U" n.n *^o litter 



ROOURttlftteSi thuo ftdSinc Blovrly tr- ';, soil content. ?'ree 

 in .-.-'urv.'. litter are r.-t -oarlv so* oerious o.- ard to control 

 fires in brush, or cro'.m firea Ln ;he forests. 



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Che laaho fires in 1^10, bavo toon 

 'hat v?i}l V.ar-.'cn tc any fcv?ct in 

 - leto i"::-e irotection. Tbocn fires ^r-uli nevsr 

 i v e hca.V-t.7 t.-ioy did if . t*.ny of ^c^ hac not rtarted in 

 i;-,aoce3Clble rlacos, and the I'-ioi: of finds, trails, toler-houe 

 oo-nuii 4 .cation c:nd r.o:i -J\^T it i"/ o.-o-Ltle *-o got at them in 

 tho heitjiin. ri">y burned until a hu^rf>:ane otrvck than, 



W-j cannot '"O.T". Vire fror ntartinp, ijv.t rith -- 

 o5anirtion ana ny.-ton -je ci : :ger. fires fror rxwriinr; and 

 doin- tl.a untolA J.a-^a/50 Hiioh the yaaro ainco 1070 have 

 recorded. 



California F^rect.s. 



Prora on-i-^eveuth to on/>-oixth of Lho total area o." 

 Cali-romla beara utar-'la of tlr.ber that oan pro-erly v e called 

 forests. California ranks third azr.ong the tinber bearing 

 Btatoa of t.he naMon, with wi eat.iriated rreeent otanc? of 

 "61.4 billion feet board e&nure, of TrMoh aboT.t 123 billion 

 is in National Forests, rational Parks, ''ilitary Ijonervatlone, 

 uiireaerved public lands, "r.uian Reoervatior.o and timber orned 

 by tl:o sJtate. 



tetweon nc i*;\-3 l'"T billions *.a in t>.e Uational 

 Fcreats. I^e r.^st, S50.4 billion feet '.o ^rivatsly ov.r.eti. 

 IJiio rerreser. te a tott\l ^tvir-ape value within t:e ?ta*,e of 

 at ioaDt "",^0,00^ t.^ au," no*hJjig of the valuo of tl-.e land 

 itaalf a:^d the other resources beairloo tiabnr. 

 thcu-.:ar..i feat jf tVia ti'-hor buried, the etur^ase owner -ay 

 lose 2, but the people lose A c in v;af;ea and i:. eta for 



suypliec. Because of our peculiar climatic c onn, of 

 ull the unuoual ar.i conplicatevl forect problems in tr e ytate, 

 tho r^o.-t ^re.-.Tir.^ is that of fire control. VYhat are te go- 

 ing to do about it? 



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