Government Forest Work 



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^ieant to supply the country's future needs for timber 

 after the more accessible lands have been cut over, 

 rather than its present needs, while others are chiefly 

 valuable for watershed protection, which, though of 

 the greatest importance to the people and industries 



A source of " white coal" and "liquid gold" 



The forest cover has a very decided influence on the purity and abun- 

 dance of water supply for power, for irrigation, for domestic use. Many 

 communities have entered into cooperative agreements with the Forest 

 Service for the better protection of the watersheds from which they get 

 their supplies. 



tof the country, does not yield the Government a return 

 in dollars and cents. In the case of almost every 

 forest, moreover, a great deal of money must be spent 

 for roads, trails, bridges, and telephone lines before the 

 resources can be used. 



