26 MISCELLANEOUS CIRCULAR 94, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 



IN THE WAKE OF THE " RED TERROR " 



Fires in California, on the average, burn over each year more than GOO, 000 acres of forest, 

 brush, and grass lands and cause damage to timber, watershed cover, forage, and 

 improvements of over $1,000,000 



ONE OF CALIFORNIA'S FORESTRY PROBLEMS 



There are 1,500,000 acres of privately owned cut-over land in the State which is producing 

 but a small part of the timber it is capable of growing. To solve this problem there 

 must be developed effective forest protection, reforestation, preservation of young tree 

 growth, and regulation of cut 



