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A. F. POTTER, 



Bureau of Forestry. 



* ^ * The Government realizes the importance of the livestock 

 industry to the prosperity of the Western Commonwealths, and that 

 a very large proportion of the people are directly dependent upon it 

 for the support of their homes. * * * Care has been taken in the 

 preparation and enforcement of grazing regulations to avoid, as far as 

 possible, any unnecessary disturbance of business by sudden changes 

 in the manner of using the grazing land. An effort has been made 

 to lit the regulations to the actual needs of the reserves and to allow 

 every privilege consistent ivith their proper care and management. 



HON. W. A. RICHARDS, 

 Coininissioner General Land Office. 



* * * The use of the forest reserves granted to the public is con- 

 sidered a privilege and not a right. It may be refused in any case, 

 but as a rule settlers, farmers, prospectors, and others who so desire 

 3nay secure, free of charge, all kinds of timber for domestic uses, such 

 as firewood, poles, and logs, and if really needed, matured green 

 timber. * * * Corporations or persons desiring to obtain timber 

 from the forest reserves for commercial use are required to purchase 

 the same, and in every case they are required to utilize all the timber 

 either for lumber, firewood, or other purposes, and to pile the brush 

 so that it can be burned without injury to the living timber. * * ^ 

 Whenever it appears that grazing will not damage a forest reserve 

 or prevent reforestation it is allowed to such an extent as careful 

 investigation warrants, so as to prevent any injury by overgrazing. 

 In practically all the reserves, cattle grazing is alloAved, but sheep 

 grazing is prohibited in some localities where it is likely to injure the 

 forest cover or the young growth. 



F. A. FENN, 

 Supervisor of Forest Reserves in Idaho and Montana. 



* * * ^i^Q honest prospector and the bona fide miner have noth- 

 ing to fear from the forest reser^-e. As the forest policy shall be 

 elaborated and adapted to the local conditions the administration of 

 the reserves will be improved and the interests of the mining industry 

 be enhanced. Examined from the viewpoint of experience, the rela- 

 tion of forest reserves to the mining industry appears so intimate, 

 the success of one so directly interwoven with and dependent upon the 

 continued prosperity of the other, that the possibility of real antago- 

 nism between them can not be entertained. 



