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Region 10 (Alaska ): One season; start March 1* peak August 1, end 
September 1. 
II. ORGANIZED 
FOREST FIRE PREVENTION 
1. On the national forests 
160'of them, with about 173,000,000 federally owned acres in 42 States 
and 2 Territories. Under 10 Regional Foresters (1 in Alaska) and 
their staffs, national forests are protected from fire, etc., by a 
decentralized organization in close and constant touch with local con¬ 
ditions, problems, people, etc., of about 4,000 year-long forest super¬ 
visors, forest rangers, forest guards, etc., and another 4,000 short¬ 
term smokechasers, lookouts, etc. (sea preceding map). 
2. On State and privately owned forest land 
On 231,000,000 acres■ cfState but mainly privately owned forest land, 
Federal aid (through the Forest Service) goes to 41 States to help 
State Foresters and (through them) private owners give organized co¬ 
operative forest fire protection. (State and private funds total more 
than Federal.) But there are 146,000,000 acres still lacking but 
needing (funds and) forest fire protection. 
3. The work of preventing forest fires 
With Federal and State governments it has been by way of regional. 
State-wide, and local educational efforts through newspapers, radio 
stations, motion picture theaters, civic organizations, etc.; has • 
used exhibits, lectures^ pamphlets, admonitory signs; has involved 
the closing of many Federal and State-owned areas of high fire hazard 
to the public during unusually critical periods; has restricted to 
improved campgrounds canping in many Federal and State forest areas; 
has invoked State laws against starting forest fires and letting them 
spread, etc. 
Manyjjlocal efforts have indicated progress. Efforts by a number of 
States are very effective. One seems to be the M Keep Oregon Green 11 
campaign. It is financed in large part by private land owners, with 
encouragement and cooperation from Region 6 of the (Federal) Forest 
Service. But until 1942 there has never been a Nation-wide over-all 
campaign with a central theme to’ which local campaigns should be able 
to tie; one on which Regional Foresters, State Foresters, and private 
owners and operators (lumber, pulp and paper, turpentine, etc.) should 
be able to capitalize through local efforts aimed at local problems or 
local variations of Nation-wide problems. 
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