Show fire dan danger 9 er on lod local ua ati forest increased by LO long ng dry sp spell eil A combination of 0 prolonged dry weather and low humidity w with ith and curing ot of the v vegetation ege tation at high altitudes has produce produced do critical burning cond conditions eions on the intermountain national forest watershed lands at the came same time seasonal tire fire forces have been seriously depleted because of the return to school of loo lookout kous era ers and land fire guards S C J olsen regional forester asked saturday on the eve ot of fire Prevent prevention lon week ifor for extreme public pu bUc vigilance during the week andri ri until relief Is secured by all fall bams yams ra ans an and d sd snow aw forestena For estera throughout u gh out the region regio ri are alerted for possible fires MW fW n forest re creationists huntera hunters and other forest users file prevention week has special significance for every one in the intermountain area this year yeara mr olsen said A serious postseason post season outbreak of forest mid and watershed fires must be guarded against A careless act in our forests now can cause irreplaceable loss of resources and forest land improvements he recalled the disastrous yan fall forest fires of 1947 in which resulted in a national emergency iner gency bially serious facett fires have already bocc occurred oc ared W two attributed ed to h hunters M i statistics for nau national onal for est A lot ot k tte the 1 region show a gradual down ward trend for man caused fires since 1940 the national forester said experience in f ire fire pr pre e bention by the forest service has n that lor for est fires can be prevented and that prevention pays waybig big dividends tj aika i fire prevention week proclaimed by president truman for october tall ta 11 will be car grassroots grass gass roots by local forest officers they X will put on intensified campaigns to brine bring the importance of forest fire ire prevention toche to the local 0 it and to forestall a serious and ve very real threat which now existe re regional onal forester olsen itta ted t V |