WORK OF THE UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE 



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Through cooperative arrangement the highway projects which re- 

 quire the supervision of engineers intensively trained in highway 

 engineering and construction are handled by the Bureau of Public 

 Roads. The construction, repair, and maintenance of truck trails 

 required primarily for administrative, utilization, and protective 

 purposes on the national forests, together with the building and 



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-Telephones are highly essential in fire prevention on national forests. 



maintenance of foot and horse trails, are handled directly by the 

 Forest Service. Such work is coordinated with fire control, when- 

 ever possible, so that construction crews may be available as part of 

 the fire-suppression organization in remote areas of great fire hazard. 



Up to June 30, 1937, the construction or improvement of 21,918 

 miles of forest highways, 80,568 miles of development roads and truck 

 trails, and 138,496 miles of trails had been made possible from direct 

 forest road appropriations and other Federal and cooperative funds 

 apportioned to States. More than $294,000,000 of Federal funds has 

 been spent on this work in the history of the Forest Service. 



Complete and economical use of the forage on the forests some- 

 times makes necessary development of water supplies or construction 



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