Show FOREST FIRE 4 LOSSES DECLINE Area linen Burned in U i. i Unprotected Forests r tn 1027 1927 3 35 Times Area f of I I i iThe J J I j The damage caused by forest i rev revon t. I on lands t under fire pr protection in le the thc i j 1 United States an ani l the he area a l bred were both much smaller in 1927 than in 1926 according to figures g compiled by the forest service In Ill 1927 17 32 n the total area of prote protected d lan land i I burned was acres ami and the the- i j i damage am amounted to as' as as' as s against 47 acres audr tho tho 3 year rear ear before Th This s good hood re- re suit was achi achieved ed In n spite 0 ot of- an in increase in- in crease crease- in fn the time number of r fires r s report rep reported ed cd from in 1926 to lam im 1927 On lands that hat were not pr protected the report shows a hi big hig Increase ase in number of fires damage and areal areal burned Incomplete reports show show- that in 1927 there there were about 1 3 f fires fire on unprotected areas areas' that burned acres an area a more than 35 times as g great as ns the the- Ashley National a Forest Frest and caused cau d I damage to to the amount a amount of met 2908 In 1926 about fires l burn burned d 9 acres an and and- caused tJ J damage The Time great increase increase in- in t t crease was due in large part to the severe fire seasons experienced in in i some of the time forest rc regions of the i t country Trie contrast between the he great Increases on the unprotected f r areas of which there were wele J acres and the decrease in allbut all air but number r of If fires on the protected protected protect protect- 1 ed areas which totaled acres acre is is a striking ing demonstration of or the th value of effective fire protection In ln forest forest of of nation L. L 0 |