Show our off forest fa rest resources and their protection afi dy by A A hardy forant hanger ranger tho the ashley national forest in eludes the chief ground it of northeastern utah it ie its visited ann annually nally by many tourist and cam earn pore porn who are always welcome the forest service Is expending largo large sums of 0 money to moke make it accessible and nd protect tho the timber from fire carelessness with tire may result in immense damage to the public property which the forest contains destroy beauty of the region and denude tho watershed water ehud green oreen trees are a promise ot of future proe health and happiness foret fire mar destroy in an ho hour that which taken years to develop tho the ashley national forest an area of acres and includes tho the main divide of the aln tab mountains its resources are varied and extensive and of tho crea greatest test value to mhd th growing agricultural district of northeastern utah and bouth wyoming tho the forest contains approximately one billion six hundred and forty three million feet of timber umber alich in the future will contribute largely to the building up of local comma gitles the water resource resources protected by the format are valuable and Import important amt to a number of largo irrigation projects supplying bbous ands of acres of agricultural land storage sites and water power pos are plentiful and the streams aro amm capable of developing many thousand horse power annual ly the forest resource mot used at the present time timo Is tho the forage which supports aup ports animally anni anu ally mally head of cattle and hora and land head of sheep not including calv escolta or lambs iambs tinder under eix six months old used with permitted operations and by tourists and campers As a recreation ground the ash loy ley for at mcanery u surpassed in III fow few ROO one of the united state states tog othir alth ith collonA ox ark and huni hunting tnt in season tho the snow cov doted peaks ho 1143 at elevations olova tlona from froin to foot above son level and are by numo nu M lakes ailed with mountain trout tho immense green campt of and lodge polo alno timber makes the from the jeager labove of ov poci socially poc lally ally beautiful thoro are many pleasant ground grounds along the tho streams and lake lako adoro tho the for N se 4 o 0 v JG L a fr r at U fa A 4 4 11 w arty V small sawmill of the usual type found in the ashley forest his a eairly good wa wafon yaa 3 and trail that enables one to roach reach practically every part of it telephone licce connect with local in uintah basin on the south sido with those on the north side with telephone instruments at most oc of the ranger stations and at differ different ont points the roads and trails aleso lines aw ave of S great reat r el stanco in securing help in case of acci accident daut end and sickness and they aro need used in reporting area fires to the forest officers or to the forest headquarters at vernal fort fires mean direct damage to ame or more of ot these resources and to protect them from fire alt all that Is required of you ou Is tho care that you would use in your own home in the disposal of matches and burning tobacco together with the greatest care with your camp tire fire F eufery va ry visitor to the forest should bo be equipped with an axe and shovel before building a camp fire clean the ground for a cos demable distance of all debris ana inflammable material build your fire in the open and not baguinat a tree or log before leaving camp extinguish your fire by pouring water i on it or thoroughly covering it with dirt bo be sure that your match I 1 Is 8 out before dropping it Extin gu ajla 0 44 Z 0 I 1 1 1 4 ir ni 11 1 r I 1 44 I 1 at i i P alp I 1 41 f I 1 P PI P t ol 01 47 f v aa I 1 A virgin engelmann Engil mann spruce stand in the uinta mountains showing ada quality lity of virgin forests your vur cigar and cigarette stubs stub 4 bo be careful that they as well as all ashes from your pipe are dropped whore there Is no inflammable ma tortal in the united states taking an average from to 1920 thirty three thousand firca occur a annually and burd over seven million acres they do sixteen millon dollars worth of damage dar anRe cons consume urno two and ft fourth billion board foot oc of timber and killed seventy people the cause of 0 24 per cent Is I 1 unknown railroads start 16 15 per cent brush burning 14 per bodt camper 13 per cent incendiaries 12 pei per cent cont lightning 10 per der cent lumbering G per cent and miscellaneous 6 G per cent under the weeks law in 1922 the federal government Govern moot put up nearly for protection while the states contributed nearly the damage done in the cloquet fire tire in minnesota 1918 was and one thousand lavoi lost elijht sw saw mills were burned together with one hundred million feet of at manufactured lumber ber and twentysix twenty six towns and villages ages seven million acres of land burned over and thirteen hun arod people rendered homeless the I 1 woods wore were full of small fires which people le thought harmles barm lea a wind fanned them and they did tho the rest the great idaho fire of 1910 aich I 1 helped to burned I 1 over four ni million tillon one hundred thirty f tour our thousand two hundred and fifty tareo acres of which three million seventy eight thousand one and nud vono were timbered land six and and one bale halt billion feet of timber was destroyed worth nearly fifteen million dollars reproduction valued at nine million dollars was also killed the cost of or fighting exceeded ono million dolhai and seventy eight temporary employees of the forest service perished while forest tires fires perhaps berha pe can never be entirely eliminated due to the many exposures tho the forest is lit subject to yet they can he be reduced to tho the minimum it every one visiting the foresi foren fore si will bo be careful with lire fire and do their pert part in protecting the forest from fire the Natio national noal forests belong to the people dont impair the value of your own property by damaging them |