32 USE OF THE NATIONAL FORESTS. 



IMPROVEMENT WORK. 



Nothing will do more toward giving the National 

 Forests the best kind of protection against fire, and 

 nothing will help more to open up their resources for 

 everybody's use than the construction of a great many 

 well-built trails, roads, bridges, and telephone lines. 

 Easy and quick communication to all parts of a Forest 

 must be had if fire is to be kept down. The settlers, 

 prospectors, miners, lumbermen, and Stockmen profit 

 directly from all work of this kind and can be of great 

 assistance in pushing it through. 



FOREST OFFICERS. 



Most of the Forest officers in the National Forests are 

 Supervisors, Rangers, or Guards. 



The Supervisor has direct charge of a National Forest. 

 He runs all the business upon it and is responsible for 

 the work and the efficiency of the force under him. 

 From training and experience he must be thoroughly 

 familiar with western conditions. To do the work he 

 must be sound in body, fit to endure a hard and rough 

 outdoor life. He must be able to handle men well and 

 deal wisely with all kinds-of people. The business re- 

 quires him to have a good working knowledge of timber 

 ;ind lumbering, the live-stock industry, the land laws, 

 and ordinary office work. His position is a very respon- 

 sible one, for he manages a public estate worth many 

 millions of dollars. At present Supervisors are paid 

 from $1,500 to $3,000 a year, and are reimbursed for 

 actual living expenses when on field duty away from 

 their headquarters. 



