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Ashley NaUonal National NationalForest Nationall NaUonalt t Forest FCI'est FCIest ) ' ForestAlmost Almost Almo.st . from rrom the day settler settlers settlerslanded settlerslanded ; landed on the shores of America Americawt Americawe Americawe wt we ' Americans have been wast wastfu wastfu wastful fu ! ] with our natural resources re50Urct.5 re50Urct5 ' . , ' ( In those earlier days It appeared to tothe tothe t tthe < the pioneer that there war Uter liter Uteranv literally literally anv ally no end to the resources resourceswhich resourceswhich ) which he found Consequently he hewent hewent h hwent < went about using them withoul without withoutI withoutthought I ( thought of their running out Per Perhapo Perhaps Pernaps hapo haps ; In 1n the beginning he could couldbe couldbe coulcbe be forgiven for to him the new newC'ountry newcountry newcountry C'ountry Country ' stretching stretcWng westward 'on on con 'onwined contamed ( ' contamed wined tamed a never ending ; supply oupply of oft ofthe 01 01k k the resources he neededToday neededToday needed neededToday t , Today In these tht"se thtse " historic hlBtOTlc hietoric tlmt.5we timeswe times tlmt.5 tlmt5 " . we can see Sf ' ( the end of many of our ournational ournational ouinational national resource's resources resource < ; ' No longer isthere Is Is1h'Te lithere 1h'Te 1hTe there ( ' a fresh frech ; supply lust jwt just ; over ovi OVt r thenext the thenext thnext ( next mountain ran rang rang No longei longer longeri 10 i " % can we afford to towear -wear wear - out aut oui OUT our ourour ouinir 1IT our < nir famTi farm farms < ; In m the hope of moving moving10rward movingforward movingforward 10rward forward to a new virgin ' > soil 011 when1he whenthe wher when the 1he are gone no longer can c.an . we weRfford weafford wafford ( Rfford afford to deplete dpplete our timber Umber or orour ort 01t t , our range resources without mak mak1n making makIng 1n ing provision for ; sustaining oustainlng theresource the theTf'SOUrCe th < resource Tf'SOUrCe TfSOUrCe ' no 110 linger Inger I mgpr ) can "t t ae " M e ' JIve live llv ( gently 'without without ' thought g'nt'ratlon gntratlon generations ( ' ' era t ions < ; of tomorrowUse tomorrow tomorrowUse U Use < ; e of our resources rt.501lrce rt501lrce " . < ; Is L'J LJ ' not I1w the I1w'onJ theonil the1 thet 'onJ\ 'onJ onJ 'onJway t ' onil cn \ way to deplete them Hun Hundrf Hundreds Hundreds drf dreds ' lo < ; f th ili J isands tsands < ; ando ; of acres acreo ; of Um tim Umbt'r timher timbcr bt'r btr her ' lai la1 tar d and rai rnl rat ge RH are ' bnnwd burned bnnwdover burnedover burnedover over each vear rear , ear a smouldering smoulderingrr smoulderingm m > nument to our agp age It 1t L Is < ; true truefc truek fires fin's fins ' start start1rm startfran startfr k . that < ; some ome of these theew 1rm fran ) : > m cluse C'IUS CIUS c1uSC ' ( ' bt bc\tt bc tt betty " \ . 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