Show christmas trees the 1927 holiday season will soon bo be here and there will be a large demand for or christmas trees the forest service encourages the use of trees to cheer the homes and to promote happiness and good will during the holiday season within and adjacent to the Fish fishlike fishlake lake forest there Is a scarcity of the better spec les lea ot of conifer timber such as yellow pine douglas fir and engelman spruce and tor for this reason the policy ot of the service Is to promote the growth and to increase the supply ot of timber of those these species trees of 0 these species can therefore be secured for or christmas tree purposes only in such cases where thel removal will bring about an improvement ot of the stand and distinctly improve growing conditions in some places where there Is a dense stand of 0 timber improvement ot of the stand can be secured through th innings or the cutting ot of suppressed trees but no cutting is allowed unless the trees have been duly designated by a forest officer pinon pine a tree principally valuable tor for fuel also makes an ideal christmas tree and can be secured tor for christmas tree purposes under tree free use permit without cost however a charge of 25 cents per tree Is made tor for christmas trees ot of engelman spruce yellow pine and douglas fir blue spruce and balsam and trees ot of these species can not be cut until they are marked and designated by a forest officer in order to maintain our present supply of timber and use practicable means to increase the supply the cooperation of the general public is desired in the use of christmas trees it you desire to secure christmas trees for the holiday season get in touch with the local forest officer C A MATTSSON forest supervisor fishlake fishlike Fish lake national forest |