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discretionary powers to care for and develop to the fullest use the 

 resources under his jurisdiction. 



The Federal forests in various States or regions are further 

 grouped together into national forest districts, as, for example, the 

 national forests of California and southwestern Nevada, which con- 

 stitute the California district. Each such district is in charge of 

 a district forester, who gathers into his headquarters office the 

 executive heads necessary to coordinate and administer all lines 

 of work and activities on the forests. His office includes a fiscal 

 agent, and technicians in charge of forest management, grazing, 

 research, and other forms of scientific work which apply to the dis- 

 trict as a whole. The district forester also deals directly with the 

 State board of forestry. State fish and game commission, State 



A SUMMER HOME IN THE FOREST 



Five thousand summer homes have been built in the national forests of California on land 

 leased from the Forest Service 



highway commission, and other organizations, both public and pri- 

 vate, in State-wide cooperative work. The national forests as a 

 whole are administered by the Forester whose headquarters are at 

 Washington, D. C. 



NATIONAL FOREST RECEIPTS 



The total value of all resources in the 18 national forests of the 

 California district is conservatively estimated at $300,000,000. The 

 receipts of these forests, which accrue from sales of timber, grazing 

 fees, water power, special-use permits, and other miscellaneous busi- 

 ness, have totaled in recent years more than $1,000,000 annually. 



Under existing laws 25 per cent of these receipts are returned, 

 in lieu of taxes, to the State for distribution to counties for road 



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