U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 



BULLETIN 707 PLATE XII 



A. RESULT OF A I{i:Ci:NT FoKKST Kllilv 



Scarred and blackened tree trunks and hulf-burned logs mark the path of a recent fire through 

 the national forest. Photograph by the U. S. Forest Service. 



B. RESULT OF AN OLD FOREST FIHI-:. 



An old "burn" in a national forest. Its pathway is marked by the wliite skeletons of the dead 

 trees, which are ready to fall in a hopeless tangle when struck by a hard wind. IMiolograph 

 by the U. S. Forest Service. 



