Show Forest Fires Destroy an and Waste Needed Timber an and Forage The menace of fires in the forests forets for for- f ests ets brush areas and grazing lands of Utah continues in spite of oC the fact that wood is an essential material and in spite of oC the fact that to Utah water held in iii reserve by vegetation is life fife itself and in spite of f the fact that every bit of range is needed need need- ed to produce meat and wool ool Almost everyone knows that it its s against the law to burn without without without with with- out a permit and to let fire fre get onto nto another mans man's land from brush brush or debris burning opera- opera ions They also know that carelessness care- care with matches and burning burn burn- burnIng Ing ng tobacco which results in a afire afire aire fire ire is unlawful Research has proven pro that fires fires in n Utah are arc followed by annual plants lants which make poorer graz- graz ng than perennial plants and by water rushing out of oC the mountains and foothills when it should hould seep into the earth Fires kill km ill game birds and animals and ruin ruin uia fishing streams and are followed fol- fol lowed owed b by wind and water erosion Last year forest and range fires res in Utah caused the destruction destruction tion on of more than acres of land with a resulting damage in excess of bf r dollars It ItIS Itis Is IS no longer a question of trying try tr log lID ing mg to red reduce uce fire losses Too Tooan many many an fires will mean only ono one thing thing Too little supplies not enough enough nough materials to successfully carry brry carry on the war effort too much uch time spent fighting righting fires Cires firest t when rhen we should have haye no fires to fight fg h t. t I It is just as much an act of sabotage for a loyal American citizen to carelessly start a woods or range fire as it is for foran foran r. r an an enemy agent to carefully plan the destruction of timber range ange and water resources vital to war needs |