Show forest fires to be considered acts of sabotage the menace of fire in the forests brush areas and grazing lands of utah continues reports dori don M drummond assistant forester fire warden it continues in spite of the fact that wood I 1 Is s an essential material in spie of the fact that to utah water held in reserve by vegetation ts Is life itself in spite of fact that every bit of range is needed to produce meat and wool in spite of this resources continue to go up tip lit in smoke almost everyone knows that it Is against the law to burn without a permit that it Is against the law to let tire fire get on to another mans land from brush or debris burning operation that bre carelessness with matches and burning tobacco which results in a tire lire Is vill un tonii dinue to go up in smoke research has proven that fires in utah ruthh are ara followed by annual plants which make poorer grazing crazing than per annial plants fires in utah are followed by water rushing out of the mountains and foot foothills hilli when it should seep into the earth fires in utah kill game birds and animals and ruin fishing streams fires in utah are followed by wind and water erosion but resources continue to go up in smoke last year forest and range tires fires in utah caused the destruction of more than acres of land with a resulting damage in excess of it Is no longer a question of trying to reduce fire losses too many fires will mean only one thing too little supplies not enough materials to successfully carry on oil the war effort too much time spent fighting fire when we should have no fires to fight it Is just as much an act of sabotage for a loyal citizen to carelessly start a woods or range fire as it is for an enemy agent to carefully plan the destruction of umber timber range and water resources vital to our war needs resources must not RO go up in smoke this summer concluded mr air drummond |