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other states, forest protection at the present time is approximately 

 85% of the work. 



FOREST FIRE PREVENTION 



The policy of confining the activities of the Department in actual 

 forest protection to timberland areas whose owners contribute finan- 

 cial cooperation has been continued. 



To date there are approximately one-half million acres of timber- 

 land under signed contract to be protected. One hundred and thirty- 

 one corporations, firms, and individuals, embraced in four forest pro- 

 jective associations, have their holdings listed on the basis of lc per 

 acre. Private cooperators' funds are met by a like amount from the 

 State and Federal Forest Service cooperating, making a fund of 2c per 

 acre for every acre of timberland placed under protection. Associa- 

 tion funds are used only on the areas of the cooperating owners, a plan 

 of operation being set up for each Association and at the end of the 

 fiscal year a report concerning receipts, expenditures, work done, and 

 a summary of the fire situation is sent to each owner. 



