Charlton at his office In the Federal Building, and there I 

 also met Forest Examiner Uorrow who was In charge of special 

 use work in the field; Deputy Forest Supervisor F.H. Smith, 

 chief of party on the Angeles, and Hanger Robinson of the 

 Stanislaus wh* was detailed to speoial use work on the An- 

 geles. Mineral Examiner Friedhoff, who was to hare charge 

 of the party on the Cleveland Forest, did not arrive until 

 later, so It was decided that those present should get to- 

 gether on one project on the Angeles before dividing the 

 three parties, and in this way get a general idea of the 

 work, aa w-fill as establish a more uniform system under 

 which to wcrk. 



The first project, the San Dixaas Canyon, was worked 

 out under very unfavorable weather conditions. Due to 

 the almost continual storms during the month of January, the 

 different parties did not get started to work on their re- 

 spective Forests until almost the last of the month. 



And while speaking of storms, I night say a few words 

 in regard to the protection of watersheds from erosion In 

 that part of the State. The slopes are steeper and more 

 broken than those of the Sierra, and the soil is looser, so 

 that erosion tends to be very great during heavy winter 

 storms. To prevent this, thousands of dollars are spent an- 

 nually on both the Angeles and the Santa Barbara Forests, by 

 the Service and by owners of property in the valleys below, 

 In building fire lines and trails with which to protect the 

 brush cover of the slopes. Should a large fire destroy this 

 cover, untold damage would result from the torrents of water 

 that would, each winter, descend upon the many fine orange 

 orchards and residences along the foot of the range. This 

 damage cannot be entirely eliminated, as shown by the heavy 

 losses caused by stora last winter, but it is materially 

 lessened by the brush cover. 



TThile working down there this winter, I often wished 

 that we could transplant some of our Sierra pines, firs and 

 cedars to a spot near Los Angeles or Santa Barbara, where 

 their shade woifLd be onjoyod by sc many people during tho 

 warm sunner months. On the four areas over which I worked 

 during the winter on the Angeles and Santa Barbara Forests, 

 oaks were the only shade trees, and while they ma!:e excel- 

 lent shade , they are found principally along canyon bottoms 

 or along streanis, and the area available for special use 



