Show Smoke Smokey says The Forest Service announced ed a recreation user fee system system system tem for 1970 to be applied at atall atall atall all designated National Forest recreation sites Forest Service annual permits permits permits per per- mits costing 7 and daily dally permits permits permits per per- mits costing 1 are now on sale and will wUl be honored in all National National National Na Na- Forest recreation sites across the United States Under this 1970 program vice recreation permits will wUl be independent and not Interchangeable interchangeable interchangeable Inter inter- changeable with National Park Service permits or any other agency's charge permits Re Recreation Recreation Recreation Re- Re creation permits Issued by other other oth oth- er agencies will wUl not be accepted accept accept- ed at Forest Service sites Regional Forester Vern Hamre announced that the Golden Gold Gold- en Eagle program of previous years expired on March 31 1970 Congress is considering consider consider- ing a new Golden Eagle program program program pro pro- gram he said and If U it passes the legislation now be before before before be- be fore It the 1970 Forest Service Service Service Ser Ser- vice user permits now being sold will wUl be exchangeable for forthe forthe forthe the Golden Eagle permit at no additional charge to the pur pur- chaser Mr Hamre stated that all National Forest recreation sites have been used on a non- non fee basis since March 31 1970 He said all National Forest recreation sites under this new fee program will wUl be Identified by signing at the entrance to each area Lists indicating charge areas in the region are available upon request from any Forest Service Service Service Ser Ser- vice headquarters DID YOU KNOW The Forest Products Labra- Labra tory of or Madison Wisconsin is isnow isnow isnow now turning trash into paper The Departments of or Agriculture Agriculture Agriculture ture Interior and Health Ed Education Education Education Ed- Ed and Welfare are joining joinIng joining join- join Ing efforts to recycle refuge The National Forest Products Laboratory in Madison is ex experimenting experimenting experimenting ex- ex with recycling wood fiber products Some work with reusing metal also has been done by the Interior De Department Department Department De- De at Madison Health Education and Welfare Welfare Welfare Wel Wel- fare is Interested In other aspects aspects as aspects as- as such as the present sanitary sanitary sanitary sani sani- tary landfill operation and possibly possibly pos pos- sibly reclaiming other wastes such as garbage for fats and oils v o. p 1 em mp v The Department of Agriculture Agriculture Agriculture ture works with the forest products laboratory on wood fi fi- fi ber her They combined 30 of the reclaimed fiber with 70 new fiber to make a high quality paper Another 30 of the material they were working with they feel can be reused in other products of or lower grade The material which they cannot cannot can can- not use the metal and glass I Is being bundled up and sent to the Federal Bureau of or Mines and the Bureau of Solid Wastes Management to see what they can make out of it It Is estimated that ordinary municipal wastes collected annually an annually annually an- an contain 10 million tons of Iron one million tons of non-ferrous non metals such as aluminum copper nickel tin lead silver gold and sink zink and five million tons of or glass The Department of Agriculture Agriculture Agriculture ture estimates that half halt of the refuse collected in cities consists consists consists con con- of paper and wood products and that the equivalent of 35 million tons of wood fiber a year is now being reclaimed The use re-use of only half halt of this waste paper would reduce the demand on the nations nation's wood resources each year by 30 million mil mU- million lion cords Large scale recycling recycling recycling ing of or wood fibers can help re reduce reduce reduce re- re duce the nations nation's air and water as well as the mounting mountIng mounting mount- mount Ing piles of or urban solid wastes It can also generate new in industries industries industries in- in and job opportunities Other Forest Service en environmental environmental environmental en- en research projects include study in the use of trees and shrubs to cushion the wracking nerve-wracking noises of or traffic traffic traffic fic airports and industry the effects of or air pollution on tree survival the preservation of rare and endangered species of or birds and animals and the management of forests to provide provide provide pro pro- vide man with solitude and beauty |