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Conservation Reader 



American ttirtUrj 

 The seed trees left by the lumhicrman arc giving rise to a new f'<rc«t. 



out the fire before it spreads beyond the power of control. 

 The forests are now watched srj carefully that hundreds of 

 fires are thus stopped before there has been any serious loss 

 of timber. 



In convenient places the rangers store boxes of tools, 

 which include axes, picks, shovels, and rakes to be used in 

 fighting any near-by fire. They also have at hand pro- 

 visions and camp outfits, so as to be able Xx) live anywhere 

 in the woods. 



In some parts where there is a great deal of small timber 

 and brush, "fire lines" are cut along the ridges where it is 

 easiest to stop a fire, should one occur. Our forests are so 

 vast that it is not fxrssible tr> remove the dea^I wood as Ls 

 done in Europe and thus lessen the danger of fire. 



The forest rangers also wage a warfare against insect 

 pe-t-. In regions where the bark beetles carry on their 



