Show THIS SUMMER careless camper who leave their fires burning in the woods or toss lighted ciar and cigarette stubs in to the brush burned last season more timberland than was cut by all sawmills in the country all year the united state is the largest consumer of lumber in the world it uses half the lumber more than half the paper and about three fifths of all the wood consumed in the world reforestation has been lecog nihed for years as one of the great necessities something is behrig accomplished in this direction but forest fire at present wipe out much more umber every year than is being re thrown records kept by the forest service show that every year the area of forest land swept by fire is about twice as great as the area cut over ly logging operations four fifths of the fire each year are man made they might be prevented by the exercise of ordinary care most of them start from hot coals left by campers or picnicker or from lighted cigarette butts and some of them come through carelessness of settlers in burning up stump piles and brush heaps the burned over acreage is largely cut over lands which reduces the monetary loss but the potential destruction is nevertheless terrific for the fires on the cut over acreage destroy the seeds and young growth that would reforest the land the forestry service says the first imp orani step in reforestation is to start he growth on the cut over land and on much df ehte land effective aint 1 will all that it thi I 1 purpose john redd of monticello was visitor in moab monday |