SAVING THE REDWOODS 



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Photograph from Charles Willis Ward 



A SKYWARD VIEW OF THE CLUMP OF TREES, GRAFTED TOGETHER AT THE TOP, SHOWN 

 IN THE ILLUSTRATION ON PRECEDING PAGE 



The redwood has an unusually thick bark, but this serves as only partial protection 

 from forest fires. In lumbering operations it sometimes happens that a loss of 30 per cent 

 in timber results from the fires started to destroy the debris — brush, shattered branches, and 

 fallen trunks. 



