Show BOUNDARIES Of fOREST RESERVE I Forester Pinchot Sends Out Notice of Important Work Pending r NE NEW V LINES WILL BE RUN r. r Protected t W Watersheds to Be and Agricultural Lands i to Be Protected p Republican Special Service eO e. e O Ogden AIR 18 18 Through Through h the e tab tab- of or six lx district headquarter In the West est est the Ule work of ot tho the ron forest j service has advanced RI so far tar that It In Is now possible to undertake a thorough thoroughgoing going examination of or f national forest boundaries boundaries and 1 an all Inquiry Into the time character of ot an any Interior which for naI nat na- na suitable way may appear to be not I t t. t forest furest Ht purposes tI In a Jotter letter to the tho district forester In this city I I or I-or- oro or- or o says Plans Clans formulated here last winter fer and approved ell by the Secretary of or Agriculture Agriculture Ag Ag- tail Call for Cor a R y made und nd complete com corn 4 going over o of oC all an national forest field sea- sea boundaries t during the present won en The won work worl which m you QU have been e I this this' direction I I ee constantly r d doing In along the right lines Jines but the plan plan I adopted cull calls for more concentrated concentrate effort In thin this work worle throughout the time service ser ser- With vice Ico during the coming summer the Uie held field force toree at your our command a ann ana your our t close clone knowledge of or local con condi conditions and of at the tile national forest officers you ou can mio io HO organize this effort In n your our as lift to In Insure uro a n thorough going oln over o of ot your our part of the thC miles of nn national forest boundaries b by competent com corn r potent men mn whose reports as lI to the tile diameter character of the land within and with wilh- without t c out the forests and whose recommendations re should be ex excluded ex- ex to lands nd which t as should eluded or Included checked by the tile In Information Information In- In formation already possessed pos b by y yest the forest for tor- est t service er can be relied on 1 Hn n Sun Work ura G To iTo do this tills work wore In one summer will r j make severe se demands on you but I It Is K i not beyond ond the tho capacity CI of the tile service Cf 3 HB HI HIlOW now note organized Please give 1 0 It your you our r bet beet efforts until lUI the work I la is completed y s ld mid and bear In mind eo especially that the or I. I quality of or the work must be he un This work should all aU he be completed d b by the c cr lose clone of or the present field Held seaby sea sen r t on Pon and each district forester should c. at Ht tint that time lino bo be able to vouch for the tho i correctness of or the proposed boundaries of oC f his forests If Jr however howe there are alo ai e changes recommended by examiners for forr which you ou feel Ceel are questionable quest ane rs such f cn cases e nay may go JO over for checking until the time next field season In order t that hat r no 0 a ml mistakes may mav be bo made Possible Po additions should be noted as carefully In the six states where congressional con on to creato create gressional action Is necessary additions to o forest as elsewhere the policy of oC the serce service ser ser- As 8 you ou know vice vlee ce h has always alwa's been heen to exclude from rom the time boundaries Ies of ot a national forest all land except as congress clearly Intended areas so 10 small that the they could be handled more acceptably under the Act of June 11 11 1906 1 We e e want all time Hie land put to Its host best use whatever that use ma may be bt A good deal of time and mone money has been beon spent t by bythe bythe bythe the service In this most mORl Important work I believe c however that there h Is still land lame which would serve the public Interest best outside of ot national forests and which could therefore bo excluded to the public advantage antage I believe too that lint adjoining many of oC the ic Forests are areas aroas which because U value of ot th the timber they hey he support r t importance under u n proper forest cover for Cor watershed protection or be- be gm f thc Lest I use mile of the existing existing exist exist- ing 1111 forest forest can bo be o brou brought ht about only through their Inclusion should be a ad added added ad- ad ded lied to the national forests Protect ft 11 In considering changes of or houn boundary 81 the character of ot tho land and and Jt ls ts future futuro usefulness for forest or agricultural purposes the protection that lint It ma may give e to watersheds at the head hea of streams from rein which towns cities clues and Irrigation projects draw their supply areas which need reforestation and areas which should be Included from the time standpoint of ot the time public welfare generally should all be carefully con con- Whenever hene a change of oC boundary boundary boun houn- dar dary Is recommended tho mho ren reason on for It should be plainly shown When hen the proper boundary of tho the forest docs does not conform to the exterior limits of ot the timbered areas the time reason should be given Iven plainly In accordance with the usual practice practice practice tice er e every effort should be made to learn the wishes of ot citizens as to what lands should bo be excluded or included If It areas are proposed for addition or elimination at the tho request of oC citizens their petitions should form part of ot the tho reasons for tor the time change chango In boundaries Petitions which have ha contributed to tho the establishment of the tho present boundaries lea ies should when practicable be bo submitted submitted sub sub- omitted as part of or tho the record of uC Existing an and proposed boun boundaries and nil all land and and cover classifications shoUld should always be shown shawn on maps supported supported sup sup- ported by reports So 80 far as possible the clue forest service ser atlas folios ollos should JC he u used ed as the tho IO base maps The publication cation catlon of oC thes these folios lollos Is being pushed forward orward as rapidly as possible ll By fly the first of oC August nearly all ai at them willbe will willbe be he In your our han hands W Where here here It Is possible to get et them to you at u a considerably earlier dale date b by leaving out the classification classification classification classi classi- and an 1 simply sending you ou the blank copies this will be bo done In addition to having ever every boundary boundary boun boun- dary line carefully ll gone KOHO aver er I want you ou to con consider lder whether you have any considerable areas Arens of ot R agricultural land landIn In the Interior of or the forests or other land which would servo serve the time public best b by being excluded This Is a matter on which It willbe willbe will willbe be necessary for fOI you OU to put your our er very best effort If Ie there Is H An any help that can enn be given by bv the Washington of office rice let me know From the time this work first starts I want you to keep me full fully Informed of Its progress b by monthly reports |