Show SMOKEY SAYS The number of man-caused man fires in fn the Intermountain Region Region Region Re Re- gion has increased sharply during during during dur dur- ing the past couple of weeks This sudden increase is of serious serious serious se se- se- se rious concern to fire control people people people peo peo- particularly with the various hunting seasons fast approach approach- ing National Forest land from the foothills to the mountaintops is becoming very dry Continued hot weather and windy warm nights are rapidly increasing the fire danger to an extreme condi condi- tion Fire Control foresters are hopeful that the p public will wiIl be careful with fire in the National Forests So far this year the man- man caused fire record in fn the Intermountain Intermountain Intermountain Inter- Inter mountain Region is better than usual with 50 fires reported to date compared with approximately approximately approximately 80 fires at this time in 1965 and in 1966 The rainy spring has given way to a long dry hot summer and the heavy growth of vegetation has now dried creating a fire problem throughout the Region |