r. ?. GEOLOGirAL SURVEY 



BULLETIN- 707 PLATE XV 



A. A PLACE FOR ARTIFICIAL REFORESTATION. 



A tract on the mountain back of Palmer Lake burned so severely that artificial reforestation is 

 necessary. The mountain top here is ahnost a perfect plain i a peneplain i. Pikes Peak, in the 

 distance, rises nearly a mile above its surface. Photograph by the L. S. Forest Service. 



B. FIRE-LOOKOUT STATION. 



On Devils Head Mountain, in the Pike INationaJ Forest. The observer stationed here is on 

 the lookout for all forest fires occurring in an area of 600.000 acres. In case of fire he notifies 

 by telephone the superintendent at Denver and the local forest rangers, who at once endeavor 

 to put out the fire before it spreads and destroys valuable timber. Photograph by the U. S. 

 Forest Service. 



