Canadian Forestry Journal, November, ipi6 



807 



Oregon Fire Losses $500. 



Oregon, which enjoys modern for- 

 est protection, suffered practically no 

 'oss from forest fires this year, accord- 

 ing to State Forester Elliott, despite 

 the fact that the timbered and brush 

 area owned by the government and pri- 

 vate individuals and companies com- 

 prises approximately 22,000,000 acres. 

 The entire damage from fires. Mr. El- 

 liott says, will be less than $500. Last 

 year the loss on privattiy-owned tim- 

 ber lands totaled $29,000. 



Oregon has 13,125,000 acres within 



the National Forests, of which about 

 10,000,000 acres is commercial timber 

 land. There are 10,000,000 acres of 

 privately-owned timber land patroled 

 by the state and timber owners. In 

 addition to this area there are approxi- 

 mately 2,000,000 acres of brush land in 

 the southern part of the state. 



"A total of 114 fires were reported to 

 our office in July and the first part of 

 August, 52 of them being in Jackson 

 and Josephine counties. These fires 

 were extinguished without damage of 

 consequence." 



A SETTLER'S CLEARING IN THE TIMBERED COUNTRY OF SMOKY RIVER VALLEY, 



ALBERTA. 



