Show fI ki CHIEF PINCHOT PINCH 1 i t M I l Ji V 11 What Has Been ACCO Accomplished f 1 1 t i i by Forestry Bureau DurI Dur jur During ing Past ast Year Years I t jt I Ith STATES SATES RECEIVE BENEFIT th i l h j J J AMOUNTS AMOU TS PAID FOR GRAZING J T PERMITS BY STOCK GROWERS GROW EM tf i b I IJ J 1 t I hf Washington Jan 17 Listing i J and expenditure UJ and explaining them in j I 1 plain Eft much as all a a railroad pres I I I j j to Inn hill board b of director 1 i t 1 GIfford Clifford t forester fter has bas J Jut t mad mada madI a t a ren i of or thc th work at et e th the United I It t I f i States forest service erv nice ee for tor the fiscal year ea e i I It teJ t For yr iho tt tb adm and protection i A i of or th l 1 forest foret for in III ii seventeen enteEn j jC C k tateR tate ond n I territories nd Alaska the go i f eminent spent rInt or about 1 la I rill rent an n rf Permanent improvements 4 including the th construction of or mill c of trails miles Inn o or of wagon agon rod r d 3 I 1 i 1 C lIel of or telephone lines iiI O cabins and 4 barns barni 9 miles miI of ot pasture p sture and drift I i i fences O bridge and Q of fire t f c t J lines coat eMt Telephone wire lo iii iiiI I build approximately 41 miles of ot addition 1 I j lines wae waa aa shipped to the forester ba b bi biati i with the funds funda available before the doss close closen of the the work of construction couil couiI not lint n b te be completed Some of ot this work wa j done on each of the he forests In the United t N A States tates i k Benefits Plainly Seen SeenI I I Although h many needed Improvements Improvement f t I 1 I not be undertaken the benefits of tf r I H h i what mat has been accomplished are seen in ti inthe tithe t the more convenient and economical man manner ner npr in which the forest fOre t officers are en enabled enI I I i a led to carry Carryon on their work and in the thel l opening 0 Ing up to forest users of territory 1 I hitherto h inaccessible The remaining 1237 7 of at the he total tot ll of tt disbursed I 1 ii 1 on o of or work of or the forest service t i c was Rs used heed In forest Investigations costing t L i sj s and In diffusion of forest In Information InI InformatIon formation and federal cooperation I t i I I The forest service Is ig one of or the branches branchesI c I ki i ot at the government where everything Is isi t i i I outgo Last year ear the receipts from L I of or timber grazing fees and permits C I fi r r for special uses USeI of or forest resources t Amounted to an Increase of or I over the IDOl 1907 figures The per pern perReAl p n ReAl re receipts re from the national forests i L Werl were a It little more than 1 cent less than thanE E I nulls under the per acre cost of ot ad adl adI a and protection of or the for forests foro l I o eats ests es IN 1 i Amounts Amount Paid to States t The amounts paid th thA states and terri tern territories tories to b expended for roads Toads and pub r t J Iq Iq schools from the years receipts It a amounted to I Chiefly because t I 4 of the revenue to the states r from froni fro 1 10 11 per cent In 1907 to S 5 per per cent J r t 1 last year there wee was a It total increase of ot otI 1 I 1 in the amounts payable to tho the I states sta to tot t In addition the national forests yielded t j f h ail to the th public In free use There i i were permits granted for the free t f me use of timber by settlers schools and I t churches during the year a i jt 4 In 1937 TTe ne number of board feet used ji 4 r In this way wa by b the public amounted to toj j I t valued at compared to toJ It J t feet valued at j n 1907 sc Free Use of Forests L I The aggregate of free tree use of the fo for for grazing cannot be exactly known l I since no permit is required to be taken l j out Q t and there is therefore no record pre pro preserved iI 1 i I served It added perhaps 10 per cent to toi i the tl e amount of or stock carried by the for forests I ests vita Settlers living on or adjacent to f the forests forestA and prospectors campers and IJ travelers In them are allowed ed to graze i i tree free up to 10 head of much cows work J q animals or In use and purchasers S co Qt of timber and stockmen on the forests ji I I nt at given shen the same privilege for the theL 4 horses needed in III their work In Arizona L J f and a n d New Mexico mitch goats to the num number r p J her ber r of X may be grazed free fr In place of off lr r f C d r much cows 1 1 Of or free special use permits there p J 1 Issued during the year 1768 as against 1 t i a total of 1471 previously granted Of 1 the latter 3 were In force during durin the theTo I To H j year ear earn n ki Grazing Receipts if n The Tho grazing receipts for 1008 1908 were II it I 40 and were paid by i holders of r 1845 I permits to graze 1382 1 cattle h F horses and hogs and of or 12 permits to toN N graze craze sheep and gc gants ts Receipt Receipts of 49 from timber sales were paid j I by approximately purchasers who oUt cOt the tile equivalent of board feet teet 41 of timber The receipts from special uses It I Ii amounted mounted to Ia and were paid by b byI I II 2065 11 I The he years ears receipts represent ent profitable I t use Ule it tho the forests b by some Individuals j 11 r ala als AI or concerns In addition to more ore than r j getting g free use of or timber and other othor I resources About of alt all the I a f I timber Umber cut from the national forests was under free tree use permits The fhe purpose of this free use ule I id is to make the forests contribute most I effectively to the tho public welfare The 11 Umber timber given shen to Individuals is given ghen for forthe forthe forthe the development of ot the country through h settlement Timber Sales The total receipts from timber sales each year since Inee the tho national forests forets have beon teon under the administration of the for forest rorI foret est et I t Service have hav been en as follows IMS 1 i 1906 1006 1007 13 S 13 90 tt At t the end of the last fiscal f cal year when business was ws Heavier than at any an other otherS tune during the year yer the IS 15 national for forest S est eSis wire eared tred red for r r by an executive and protective force of nf 9 inspectors IS t for forest forI I est 1 t supervisors U 61 deputy deput supervisors It II forest assistants 8 S planting assistants vanger Ml St l forest guards and SS clerks cllrk area arf to tn e each ch officer theo thee t available for patrol duty was I acres But more than of or the tile time of ot these forest officers U Is Isnow now required hy by the fast growing crowing of national forest business so en 11 that in point of ot fact the force on op duty dut at the close of the year ear provided about one pa patrol officer to each acres of for lor forest oat est inUI provision is 15 rondo made for a III e Increase of or force It I t Is nee n s lal either to curtail the business arising from use u of or the forests or er to tn neglect the proper propel safeguarding of government property fires firca Experimental Sowings Experimental broadcast were made during durin the year ear in 27 r 7 forests in the states of Idaho Montana Washington Oregon Oreon Wyoming Colorado Utah and andew New Oe ew Mexico The nu total area arta sown was W S acres of which 47 4 were In the Hills nationalS national forest About bout mOl trees were wre planted last lad year car on forests forets In the thc states of or Nebraska ka Kansas Colorado New Ne Mexico Ari An Arizona Arizona Anzona zona Utah Idaho and California There Tere are arc now flow growing ging at the planting stations stallo over oer O trees tres which will wi be reedy ready fur for planting In 1909 10 Sufficient seed was lal sown Iw in The tho hl spring of to produce prue seedlings Expert Advice Given Besides administering the national for forests forests ests eats the forest service renders on request expert advice adlee and an 1 assistance to other parts of ot the tio executive exe the government g regard regarding rOfa regarding pr ing the practice of or forestry Work of ot this kind was carried carrio on on several thi hwy tary and Indian reservations in various arlous parts of the country Cooperative stall stati I forest forst studies were carried care on with lh Ken Kentucky i tuck lucky Mississippi New NeW and Illinois The rh forest foret service conduct Investigations I lions of ot forest products along the two tw lines of wool wood preservation pres raton and wood utilization utilization Ire Some of these thee Investigations aim primarily to Promote better beter use of na national national forest foret timbers others seek results either of general application or contributing ting to the best use of the forests fort of or orsome some special region |