. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters), no. 35. Forests and forestry. 04 SO Q I? Xfl 00 in < ;3 33 o Q Si U ^* H Q o QQ CC o H 03 U 03 Eh i 1 shape of wood and expressible in terms of dollars—When the timber is cut the producing power of the capital is as great as ; ^ "Every avoidable forest fire is not merely a severe loss to the country at present and for the future, but it is in itself an accusation against our people's lack of public consciousness. We are too apt to think in terms of our individual interests. Community interests apparently have littl
. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters), no. 35. Forests and forestry. 04 SO Q I? Xfl 00 in < ;3 33 o Q Si U ^* H Q o QQ CC o H 03 U 03 Eh i 1 shape of wood and expressible in terms of dollars—When the timber is cut the producing power of the capital is as great as ; ^ "Every avoidable forest fire is not merely a severe loss to the country at present and for the future, but it is in itself an accusation against our people's lack of public consciousness. We are too apt to think in terms of our individual interests. Community interests apparently have little weight with us. and that can only come from failure to think in com- munity ; ^ We have noted the dutv of the forester toward the preservation of the productive powers of the forest soil and that forest fire destroys not onlv the present crop but the possibility of future forest crops. Without a doubt we can aeree that the "issue of forest fires stands paramount in forest ; * Without protection from fire all forest operations are equivalent to gambling with fate. The odds are against winning. Tt has been said that the success of the whole conservation movement depends largely upon the elimination of forest fires, and there is a great deal of truth in the statement. The i)roblem stated in its simplest terms is, how close can we come to the ideal condition of ho fires with an expenditure of a minimum amount of nioney? The ideal, of course, is impossible. As long as human beings get in contact with forests there will be fires. A decrease in number can be expected only as our people establish a fixed habit of mind associating fire in forests, with danger, loss, public disapproval, criminality, and punishment. The first factor of our problem then is education, or the problem of indirect control, wliicli seeks to reduce the number of fires. The second factor in the problem is that of direct control which seeks to suppress all fires as quicklv as po
Size: 1235px × 2024px
Photo credit: © Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1920, booksubjectforests, bookyear1923
