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rough topography and inaccessibility to transportaron routes, it is 

 likely that forests of parts of this región, together with the less 

 accessible of the mountain forests near the Pacific coast, will be the 



last to be cut. Many forests in the Rocky Mountain región, however, 

 by protecting the sources of water utilized for irrigation, for city 

 water supplies, and for other purposes, are performing a function of 



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