FALLEN DEAD TREES IN A LODGE-POLE FOREST IN .MC^XTAX.V 



This dead material makes dangerous fuel for fires, renders travel slow, and fire-fighting very- 

 difficult 



been taken to prevent them. In many 

 cases the laws are entirely inadequate. 

 The chief trouble has been the unwil- 

 lingness to spend the money necessary 

 to do the work. There should be much 

 more liberal appropriations for the pro- 

 tection of public forests and for promot- 

 ing forestry among private owners, and 



private owners should take better care 

 of their timbered and cut-over land. 



It is simply a question of reasonable 

 insurance against great financial loss. 

 Thus the national forests represent a 

 value of over two billion dollars at the 

 most conservative estimate. The annual 

 gross expenses of administration, protec- 



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