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Show FOREST NOTES China imports wood pulp from Great Britain, Sweden, Norway and Germany The highest mountain in Montana I Granite Peak, with an altitude of near ly LJ.uOO feet, is In the Beartooth national na-tional forest Norway has 144 tree planting so cictiea The first was founded in 1900, and since then 26 million trees have been planted, more than two ' million having been set out last year In man part6 of the west snow is leaving the mountains earlier rhan usual Foresters sa that this may mean a bad fire season, and they are makinc nlan6 for a hard camnaicn. New Jersey is said to have the greatest portion of railroad mllcag" of any state in the country, or one mile of railroad to every three square miles of territory This makes an , unusual risk of forest fires set by I railroads. j The heavy storms in southern Cali-I Cali-I fornia during the past rainy season wiped out main miles of trails in the national forests of that part of the stale. They arc now being rebuilt for the coming summer, for use in fire protection They are also of great use to tourists, campers and prospectors, |