| Show UNITED UNITE 1 STATES DEPART MENT OF OV agriculture FOREST SERVICE intermountain DISTRICT NEWS SERVICE FOREST FIRES DRIVE AWAY TOURISTS A very rapid development of use ot of tho national forests by tourists and c campari is being ekpo expo ri on cad in tile the intermountain region reelon bays district forester it 11 II rutledge last year noa ay iy people visited these theao nat Nati ial forests to dimp fish hunt or merely to enjoy tho ilia scenery onory sc if tills this use is to lo bo 10 perpetuated the in tvr mountain region should take a loaf leaf from the experience of california rind and tile the northwest whore where it has been found that forest tires fires are the clifert da deterrent torrent of such development it la Is not tile fear of the fires themselves that keeps out the campers and tour lats 1 Us it la is tile the disappointment of smoke liden laden air which kills the finest scenery in ili the horld orld coupled with burnt and blackened camp grounds mud choked fishing streams streams and road which run through barren sun beaten w wastes in ili place of cool green forests A few experiences like that and the region is killed as an attraction to tho the vacation seeker it if this region is to boast tile hut wonders ponders of southern utah tile tho vinta mountains granddaddy Gran daddy lakes jacksons hole tho ilia national forest bouto from caldwell to the it must boo that tile tho off effect of its advertising Is not ruined by forest tires fires practically all all fires that destroy tho the attractions sought by tour ests and campers tire aio caused by human carelessness tile tho u flex till au camp fire tho ilia elgar cigar or cigarette butt thrown carolos lily train from a speeding car tho the campaign against carelessness roust must bo be pushed and tile the utmost care must bo be insisted upon especially with flies fires that aro are safe or aro are ichio sparks thoy they aro are tile tho ones that cause tho ilia havoc nearly every time local residents with the wol fare of 0 their community in ili mind and near enough to forests to know real ical and tho the flan dangoia gars of tire fire ought to nover never bo be guilty of fires th j Is more difficult to reach and moio met 0 ignorant this year tile the forest errico will post warning signs jr in tho the forests of tho the intermountain ro 10 glon but this work needs to bo be supplemented ted by a word woid along the samo same line by all agencies and interested in ill boosting our forest ns as vacation lands tor for with forest fires bics all ail such efforts are usel useless cBs |
