MOUNTAIN SLOPES DENUDED BY FIRE. 
Showing slides and erosion after forest cover is burned off. Thus forest fires 
change tree covered slopes to barren ridges of rock—waste land on which reforesta- 
tion is almost impossible. Scene from Attean Pond, Somerset County, Maine. 
Photo by Maine Forestry Dept. 
SLIDE ON BURNED OVER MOUNTAIN. 
Showing a serious erosion of soil taking place after vegetation is killed by fire. 
Scene on Wood Pond, Maine. Photo by Maine Forestry Dept. 
