. The bulletin. Forest reserves Middle West Periodicals; National parks and reserves Middle West Periodicals. Some index to the fire problem is shoivn by the follov/in^ brief history of the fires occurring in the Region last year. National Forest No. of Area Protection ITo, of Sxtra Fires Burned Area Glass "C" Period Fires Fires Huron 75 945 602,932 7 Manistee 69 621 469,110 9 Upper Michigan 125 96 1,822,594 1 Chippe-vva 25 362 642,623 7 Superior 73 183 2,097,918 6 Chequamegon 73 c'3 1,213,457 3 Nicolet 100 1,201 986,628 13 3 Illinois 129 4,687 637,413 65 Missouri 316 21,957 2,261,24
. The bulletin. Forest reserves Middle West Periodicals; National parks and reserves Middle West Periodicals. Some index to the fire problem is shoivn by the follov/in^ brief history of the fires occurring in the Region last year. National Forest No. of Area Protection ITo, of Sxtra Fires Burned Area Glass "C" Period Fires Fires Huron 75 945 602,932 7 Manistee 69 621 469,110 9 Upper Michigan 125 96 1,822,594 1 Chippe-vva 25 362 642,623 7 Superior 73 183 2,097,918 6 Chequamegon 73 c'3 1,213,457 3 Nicolet 100 1,201 986,628 13 3 Illinois 129 4,687 637,413 65 Missouri 316 21,957 2,261,242 186 7 Total 1,385 29,145 10,733,917 297 10 The losses for the southern part of the Region are about one per cent of the protection area represented, v/hile in the northern part of the Region, where a stronger system of organized fire protection and public support has been built up through years of effort, the loss aver- ages less than one tenth of one per cent. In most of the States in vdiich nev/ National Forest Units have re- cently been approved, inforraation gathered from various sources indi- cates that through the practice of woods burning, the Forest areas are being burned at an average annual rate far exceeding one per cent a year. The need for a forceful fire prevention campaign by every National Forest in the Region this season is obvious. Losses in all new units must be greatly lowered. Many of the older units have enviable records to maintain. The situation will require thorough analysis of the local fire problem; of a cooperative and intelligently informed public5 perfection in organization, and the functioning of man pov;er; efficiency in the use of equipment, and full employment of known techni- que in fire Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Uni
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