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Zcne II , with relative importance 30, includes (a) the area lying 
east of 'Zone 1 and west of the Great Plains States; (b) 
the area lying between the Great Plains States and the 
Atlantic Coast-Gulf of Mexico part of Zone 1. 
Zone III , with relative importance 10, includes parts of Montana 
and Minnesota, and all or parts of the Great Plains States 
of North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, 
Oklahoma, and Texas. 
B. Highlights by Forest Service Regions . Major highlights of the war¬ 
time forest fire prevention problem by Forest Service Regions (see map 
for boundaries of regions) include: 
Region 1 : Montana and northern Idaho. White pine timber important, 
with fires (90 percent lightning) doing heavy damage. Resident problem 
more important than visitor problem. Appeal for care with smoking, 
clearing land, and burning logging slash and debris. 
Region 2 : Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas. Man- 
caused fires total 34 percent. Visitor problem probably more important 
than resident one, with carelessness more of a factor than intentional. 
Appeal -.care by smoker and camper. 
Region 3 : Arizona, New Mexico. Less fire problem than any other 
Region. Appeal to careless smoker and camper. 
Region 4 : Utah, Nevada, most of Idaho. Man-caused fires run from 17 
to 57 percent, varying 'vdth locality. Appeal to careless smokers, 
logging operators, campers,land-clearing farmers and ranchers. Fires 
often cause serious erosion and widespread problems in many localities. 
Grass fires important. 
Region 5 : California. Man-caused fires 73*7 percent of total. Big 
influx of war workers, but residents causing more fires than newcomers. 
Appeal should be to smokers, ranchers clearing land, burning brush on 
logging operations, and incendiaries. Forest fires may help enemy 
foreps to orient themselves. 
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Region 6 : Oregon, Washington. Careless smokers, etc., cause the most 
forest fires, but forest industries (with incendiaries a close second) 
cause biggest area burned, and damage. Appeal mainly to local residents 
and industries to take no chances with fire, to help prevent smoke from 
interfering with discovery of enemy bombers, etc. Forest fires may 
help enemy forces to orient themselves. 
Region 7 ; New England and Middle Atlantic States plus Maryland, West 
Virginia, and Virginia. Again the local resident, and the smoker, 
mainly. Also the farmer who burns to clear land, and the incendiary. 
Forest fires help reveal ships to enemy submarines. 
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