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GOVERNMENT FOREST WORK. 



the purpose, because it has believed Federal owner- 

 ship of great bodies of land in relatively undeveloped 

 regions carries with it an obligation to bear part of 

 the cost of developing a road system required to meet 

 the needs of local residents and communities. 



" Uncle Sam's Handy Man " 



From his lookout tower the forest ranger is the watchful 

 eye of the Forest Service. In a thousand ways he is the 

 ready hand, the tireless foot. By means of the 25,000 

 miles of telephone lines put up on the Forests, he is the 

 quickened ear. 



The Forest Service cooperates with State and 

 county officials, good-roads organizations, and private 

 individuals in the location, survey, construction, and 

 maintenance of roads in the National Forests. The 

 road and trail construction work is financed from ap- 

 propriations under four different acts of Congress. 



