Our country and its resources; . LOCATING THE FIREA Forest Ranger is using liis compass and map to find out where the fire is M OUR COUNTRY AND ITS RESOURCES oil, or considerably loss than halfthe 1914 consumption. NATION AL FORESTS The United States holds as na-tional forests 155 separate areas inthe United states, aggregating 184,-505,602 acres l land, which includes, preservation of the forests. Woodis cut and sold, mines are power is developed, sheep andeattle are grazed on these lands ason any others the difference beingthat in the national forests all ac-tivities are under p
Our country and its resources; . LOCATING THE FIREA Forest Ranger is using liis compass and map to find out where the fire is M OUR COUNTRY AND ITS RESOURCES oil, or considerably loss than halfthe 1914 consumption. NATION AL FORESTS The United States holds as na-tional forests 155 separate areas inthe United states, aggregating 184,-505,602 acres l land, which includes, preservation of the forests. Woodis cut and sold, mines are power is developed, sheep andeattle are grazed on these lands ason any others the difference beingthat in the national forests all ac-tivities are under permits and theforests therefore under KANGER ON FIRE PATROL DUTY ON THE HIGHEST RIDGE OF THE CABINETNATIONAL FOREST, MONTANA however, 21,732,332 acres of privalelv owned land within nationalforesl borders. The net amounlowned by the United states govern-inent is thus 162,773,280 acres of land. Contrary to the general Impres -ion. this acreage is not a reserve indeed, the name forest reserve gave way to national forest tocorrect that Impression. The na-tional forests are protected from over-cutting, from exploitationindeed, hut they are made to serveas large a population as possiblel>\ permitting their use in everypossible way consistent with the
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