SLASH—FUEL FOR FOREST FIRES. 
Fire protection is a first essential of forestry and fire protection of cut-over lands 
is absolutely necessary if we are to have growing timber to fill future demands. But 
great bodies of slash in cut-over lands make adequate protection of young growth 
almost impossible. Complete disposal of slash by burning or partial disposal by top 
lopping is frequently advocated. , Photo by Maine Forestry Dept. 
“Slash” left,after lumbering. Photo by Maine Forestry Dept. 
