acres will be given a lesser degree of protection but adequate to meet 

 the average fire situation. 



Meeting these levels of protection from fire calls for : 



1. Expansion, modernization, and development of fire control 

 to a proficiency and strength of force which will prevent as many 

 fires as possible and suppress fires before they spread beyond 

 permitted standards. This is to be accomplished by nearly 

 doubling the present level of preventive effort, detection, skilled 

 fire-fighting crews, and equipment use. This will include a 

 stepped-up program of training and development of personnel. 



2. Adoption and use of new and modern techniques being devel- 

 oped for prevention, for suppression of fires while small, and for 

 stopping large fires while running and burning intensely. 



3. Reduction of hazardous fuel conditions to minimize the 

 chances of large fires developing and spreading to high-value 

 areas. This work will cover the most serious one-fourth of all 

 land needing such treatment, and will consist of burning 250,000 

 acres of highly hazardous debris concentration, felling snags on 

 350,000 acres of high lightning-occurrence areas, prescribed burn- 

 ing on 3.5 million acres, removing roadside fuel on 39,000 acres, 

 and clearing and maintaining 11,000 miles of firebreaks. 



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Protection From Other Damage 



Rodent control work for the 10-year period will be aimed at control 

 of the most serious infestations of harmful rodents, such as porcupines 

 and mice, on high- value areas of forage and commercial timberlands. 

 These areas comprise about half of the total area of rodent infestation 



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