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been killed, while the object of the burning was to re- 

 move all of the reproduction, and hence eliminate con- 

 siderable fire danger to the mature timber. A fire of 

 sufficient intensity to remove all of the reproduction 

 would necessari;]y have been a severe summer fire - an 

 uncontrolled rather than a controlled burning, Mr, 

 Hodge judged that it was extremely doubtful if even a 

 third or fourth burning would serve to clean up the 

 ground sufficiently to afford genuine protection. 



Investigation of the Walker Tract - January 1921 . 



Mr. Hodge and a number of Forest Service officials 

 made a survey of the damage done by a light surface 

 fire which burned over a considerable area on both Nat- 

 ional Forest land and a portion of the holdings of the 

 Red River Lumber Company; .^ih northern California. It 

 was ascertained that the loss due to the burning down 

 of previously fire-scarred trees was 600 board feet per 

 acre. The loss by heat killing amounted to 16OO board 

 feet per acre. The total loss from this surface fire 

 on 20,000 acres burned was 40,000,000 board feet, hav- 

 ing a value of over $100,000.00, That the several 

 small separate fires which finally resulted into the 

 one big one, could have been controlled by an efficient 

 protective organization, is the opinion of the men who 

 examined the area. 



As a result of this examination, the Red River 



