Show Fire Agreement Signed on Local Forests Assistant Ranger Hanger Harold L Laird from the Monticello Ranger 1 Dis District ts tract Forest Service and John D. D Carlson Forester from the Huron Dure U of Land Management office office of of- fice flee in Monticello met with Forest For For- Forest est Ranger Hanger John Hougaard Inthe in inthe inthe the Moab Ranger district office on 00 Friday Match March 22 to work workout workout workout out outa a cooperative fire agreement agreement agree agree- ment between the Forest Service Service Ser Ser- vice and the Bureau Dureau of Land Management Under this type of ot agreement respective agencies are are authorized authorized author author- Ize to lo take lake initial action on ongoing ongoing ongoing going fires without respect to management jurisdiction The agreement Is valid only for an area mut mutually agreed upon up on 00 between the two cooperating agencies before the beginning of the fire season teason The present agreement provides that either the or the Forest Service may take the initial action ongoing on ongoing ongoing going forest or range fires within an on area about two miles mileson on 00 either side of of the National Forest boundary This Is another ano ono another ther step to better protect our natural resources Ranger flanger Hougaard Hougaard Hou Hou- HouI I gaard stated i |