. Loyal citizenship. of waste from lumber upon theground. When dry, this waste became the startingpoint of terrific fires that destroyed more foreststhan did the ax and the saw. Forest conservation. In 1905, Congress, actingupon the recommendation of President Roosevelt,created a Rureau of Forestry in the Department ofAgriculture, and Gifford Pinchot, a far-seeing andpublic-spirited man, was appointed Chief United States has set aside about two hundredmillion acres of land in forest reserves. In thesereserves only the full-grown timber is cut, and thecutting is done under restrict
. Loyal citizenship. of waste from lumber upon theground. When dry, this waste became the startingpoint of terrific fires that destroyed more foreststhan did the ax and the saw. Forest conservation. In 1905, Congress, actingupon the recommendation of President Roosevelt,created a Rureau of Forestry in the Department ofAgriculture, and Gifford Pinchot, a far-seeing andpublic-spirited man, was appointed Chief United States has set aside about two hundredmillion acres of land in forest reserves. In thesereserves only the full-grown timber is cut, and thecutting is done under restrictions which preventwaste. Another ten million acres have been setaside by the states in similar reserves. Rut the forestarea owned by individuals is at least four times asgreat as that owned by the public, and only a fewprivate owners are really careful in the use of theirproperty. Forest fires. Forest fires in the United Statesproduce a loss of about fifty million dollars a year. Conservation of Natural Resources 239. U. S. Senicc Fig. 107. A fire in the Olympic National Forest, Washington, atnight. Forest fire losses in the United States averaged more than17 million dolltirs a year from 1*)16 to 1020 inclusive. There were160,318 lires, and .56,188,.307 acres were burned over. They always start as small fires. Somebody tlirowsa match into a pile of brush, or somebody leaves acampfire burning. The United States Forest Servicehas prepared excellent rules for the prevention offorest fires. These are posted in public places nearthe forest reserves. On the summit of a mountain commanding a viewof hundreds of miles of forest will be a Jire lookoutor observatory. Members of the forest service 260 Loyal CAiizenship
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