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are now gone after the forests have been cut. 

 Lemiston, Montmorency County, Michigan . xlii 



Figure 8. Deserted houses, abandoned after the saw- 

 mill left. These are the remains of what 

 was once a prosperous town. Lemiston, 

 Montmorency County, Michigan .... xlii 



Figure 9. Forest officers in front of the Forest Super- 

 visor's summer headquarters. Note the 

 many telephone wires that lead from the of- 

 fice. This is 50 miles from the railroad. 

 Lassen National Forest, California . . . 32 



Figure 10. Scene in front of the Forest Supervisor's 

 headquarters. Sheep leaving the National 

 Forest summer range in the fall to go to win- 

 ter range in the valley. Lassen National 

 Forest, California 32 



Figure 11. Forest officers and lumberjacks burning the 

 slash resulting from a timber sale. The 

 snow on the ground makes the burning less 

 dangerous. Washakie National Forest, Wy- 

 oming. Photo by the author 38 



Figure 12. Forest officers at a winter timber-cruising 

 camp repairing snow shoes. Besides cruis- 

 ing the timber, these men make a logging 

 map of the government lands, to show how 

 the timber can best be taken out. Lassen 

 National Forest, California. Photo by the 

 author 38 



Figure 13. A forest fire lookout tower on Leek Springs 

 Mountain, Eldorado National Forest, Cali- 

 fornia 50 



Figure 14. A typical Forest Ranger's headquarters. 

 Idlewood Ranger Station, Arapaho National 

 Forest, Colorado 52 



