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APPENDIX 



Table B. — Census of big game on national forests, January 7, 1939 — Continued 





National-forest regions 



Kind of game 



North- 

 east 



South- 

 east 



Lake 

 States 



Total 



National 



forests 



on which 



found 



Nonpredators 



Number 



Number 



Number 



Number 

 18, 060 



51,255 



687 



1, 545, 940 



139,724 



6,678 



12, 420 



8, 530 



645 



Number 



35 



Bear: 



2, 150 



775 



4,060 



134 





33 



Deer 



52, 200 

 50 

 10 



26, 200 

 43 



328, 000 



158 



Elk 



95 





1, 148 



31 







30 











55 



Wild boar 





545 





4 











Total 









1,783,939 















Predators 







7,000 

 2, 500 



1,450 



247, 820 



129,726 



5,589 



2,241 







3,610 



15,936 



4 



441 









Wolf 













Total 









385, 376 















Table C. — Number of fires in the national forests of the six western regions in relation to camper and 

 smoker fires, and number of recreational users, 1924-36, average annual figures 



Period 



1924-27 

 1928-32 

 1933-37 



Fires 



from 



all 



Camper 

 fires 



causes 

 per year 



per year 



Number 



Number 



6, 355 



625 



6,272 



674 



7,002 



643 



Campers 

 and pic- 

 nickers per 

 year 



Number 

 3,551,826 

 4, 936, 328 

 6, 967, 495 



Camper 

 fires per 

 10,000 

 campers 

 and pic- 

 nickers 



Number 



1.8 



1.4 



. 9 



Smoker 



fires 

 per year 



Number 

 1,004 

 1,247 

 1,481 



Recrea- 

 tional users 

 per year 



Number 



4, 967, 205 



7, 532, 826 



14, 472, 302 



Smoker's 

 fires per 

 10,000 rec- 

 reational 



Number 

 2.0 

 1.6 

 1.0 



Total 



area 



burned 



over 



Acres 

 488, 643 



475, 077 

 198, 944 



Area, 



size of 



fires 



Acres 

 76.9 

 75.7 

 28.4 



