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June 17. Salt Lake City, Utah. The interesting points of the 

 city were visited during a few hours stop between trains. 



June 1 8. En route through Nevada. 



June 19-20. Portola, California. This stop of two days was 

 made on the eastern border of the Plumas National Forest in the 

 Yellow Pine country. Forest Ranger Nail was detailed to assist 

 the class at this point. Studies were made of the timber and of 

 the milling and logging operations of the Feather River Lumber 

 Company. 



June 21-27. Q umc y> California.* At this stop the Feather River 

 experiment station was visited. Some work in fighting a forest 

 fire was experienced. The class was taken over the forest by 

 Supervisor Rogers and Forest Examiner Taylor. Interesting ob- 

 servations were made on reproduction and management. 



June 28-29. Los Angeles, California. A day spent in sight see- 

 ing. 



June 30- July i. Redwood Park, California. Parts of two days 

 were spent on a hiking trip from Boulder to Redwood Park. Here 

 a fine grove of large redwoods was seen. 



July 2. San Francisco, California. The day was taken for see- 

 ing the city. 



July 3-7. Sisson, California. Under the guidance of Super- 

 visor Hammitt observations were made of planted areas. A trip 

 was made to the top of Mt. Eddy, where a modern lookout was 

 established. 



July 8-10. Cottage Grove, Oregon. Two days were taken in the 

 vicinity studying logging operations of a large lumber company. 



July ii. Portland, Oregon. A stop over night was made 

 at the "Rose City/' 



July 11-30- Wind River Nursery, Carson, Washington. This 

 was the longest stop of the trip. Camp was made at the Wind 

 River Nursery where good bunk houses and a modern mess house 

 were put at the disposal of the camp. Detailed studies were made 

 of the large nursery. A splendid opportunity was afforded to 

 study the timber types of the Northwest. The operations of the 

 Wind River Lumber Company were also studied. A timber esti- 

 mate was made, fire plans studied and much information was 

 gathered on the experimental work of the Wind River Experi- 

 ment Station. Mr. Ho f man, in charge of the station, and Ranger 

 Cline gave the class valuable assistance. 



July 30. Columbia and Portland. The trip from Carson to 

 Portland was made by boat. 



July 31. Oregon City and Portland. A part of the day was 

 spent in the big mill of the Willamette Paper Company. 



August 2-5. Sultan to Index, Washington. Under the piloting 

 of Ranger Mortimer the class took a 70 mile inspection trip 



