| Show Fe Snags We speak often and actively of ways and means to prevent man-caused but we usually content to admit that little can be done to prevent that of Lightning is a discharge of static electricity between the clouds and the It is characterized by the thunder I which follows each Thunder is the noise made by the air as it slaps back together after it has been momentarily split by a bolt of The enormous force of the bolt produces intense heat upon contact with the If this heat is in contact with inflammable fire is almost sure to j whenever a thunderstorm rolls across a dry forest some fire will almost surely In the Black Hills these strikes often occur on nigh inaccessible ridges where suppression is very Lightning normally strikes a tree in a forested areu but has been observed to strike rock outcrops or even bare Thus by striking a tree the inflammable material is present and is in contact with the we note that It is extremely seldom that a lightning strike will ignite a green This is undoubtedly due to the high concentration ot moisture in the Usually the green tree is shattered by the strike or the strike may run the length of the tree and ignite the litter at the It logically follows that when lightning strikes a dry snag a fire usually is This snag normally for several hours to several days before burning to the base where it ignites the litter and is free to spread from there is absolutely nothing which we can do to prevent these of from We prevent the lightning strikes from igniting many This can be done by removing all dead and lightning fires would be reduced to a small fraction of their While the removal of per cent of all existing snags is somewhat we are finding means to get this important work In Custer state park one stipulation in all logging contracts is that the operator must fell all dead This is solving the problem in areas which are being or will be In other areas post cutters are permitted to take pitch posts in specified areas with the provision that all dead snags be felled whether suitable for posts or A New Lures This new series of fishing employing the material are Bill Whyte These lures are distinguished by the weird nd peculiar glow that emanates from the AAA Workable Plan Here is good news if it continues to because it may help to do something about that rapidly growing bugaboo bad relations between sportsmen and For the past two the Wayne county sportsman's club has supplied members with a It asks permission to hunt and fish and that the club will be responsible up to for any damage the bearer And not a single claim against the club has been filed And the club has more than Farmer-sportsmen illations have constantly grown worse until the posted movement has reached alarming This type plan may he the only method by which responsible sportsmen can or slow the posted-land This plan encourages landowners' checks possible carelessness on the part of some club and dignifies the hunter's position ai a sportsman when he asks a farmer for permission to hunt on his AAA Bald Eagle The American bald eagle was chosen as the national emblem for its grace and power for Its eating It is mainly a fish scavenger Is fend in vicinity of large bodies ot These eagles nest In usually on a cliff or in the top of a tall and produce from one to four cull eggs which in due course I. screaming hungry |
