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of the Interior, and the Bureau of Forestry of the Department of 

 Agriculture. 



7. Why are the national forests under the Department of Agri- 

 culture? 



Because the problems involved in the administration of the 

 national forests are fundamentally agricultural. When forestry 

 is practiced, timber becomes a crop produced from the soil under 

 methods which must be developed scientifically, as other branches 

 of agriculture are developed. Right handling of the forest ranges 

 is a problem of animal husbandry. Water conservation has in vi&w 

 the interest of irrigation farmers. 



8. Under what authority are the rules and regulations of the 

 national forests made and enforced? 



The act of June 4, 1897 (30 Stat. 35), as amended, authorizes 

 the Secretary of Agriculture to make rules and regulations for the 

 occupancy, use, and protection of the national forests, and provides 

 that any violation of such rules and regulations shall be punishable 

 by a fine of not more than $500, or imprisonment for not more than 

 12 months, or both. 



9. How many national forests are there in the United States and 

 what is their area? 



On June 30, 1930, there were 149 national forests, including 2 in 

 Alaska and 1 in Porto Rico, with a total net area of 160,090,817 

 acres of Government land. 



10. What is the keynote of national forest administration? 

 Service in behalf of public welfare in the best use of the resources 



of wood, water, land, and forage contained in the national forests. 

 The motto of the Forest Service is " The greatest good to the greatest 

 number in the long run." 



NATIONAL FORESTS OF THE CALIFORNIA REGION 



1. What does the California region include? * 



The California region includes all national forest land in Cali- 

 fornia and southwestern Nevada, except 329,384 acres of the Siskiyou 

 National Forest of Oregon, located in Del Norte County, Calif., and 

 48.218 acres of the Crater National Forest of Oregon, extending into 

 Siskiyou County, Calif. These two forests are part of the North 

 Pacific region, with headquarters in Portland, Oreg. The Klamath 

 National Forest, in northern California, also extends across the State 

 line and has 8,723 acres of its net area located in Oregon. This 

 entire forest is included in the California region. 



The four national forests of the California region having a portion 

 of their area in southwestern Nevada are the Eldorado, Inyo, Mono, 

 and Tahoe. The total net area of these forests in southwestern 

 Nevada is 541,691 acres. 



*A11 facts and figures given in this publication concerning the national forests of Cali- 

 fornia refer only to the 18 national forests composing the California region. (See map.) 



