OCR Text |
Show l TALK ON 1HB FOREST LIS: District Forester Rutledcje Returns From Conference With Gov. Davis R, H Rutledge, district foresrer of Hie Fourth forest service district, re-1 turned to Ogden this morning from! Iioisr where hei conferred with Go. . ' rnor Dav is of Idaho, re.ga rdlng , proposed pro-posed amendments for existing laws 1 Ths. amendments have been pre- 1 pared as the result of two years of i ooperatlon and c onsulla t loyi bettVCen the timber protective association, the' uie forest school the United Statpsi forest service,, and forest protective1 Agencies of western states. Fnder the proposed forest law.! which would establish a definite fo:' ( policy in Idaho, a non-partisan board, to act In an advisory capacity would! be organized. A compulsory fire pa j 1,1 -.vvipm would be enforced and a1 trained state forester would be placed at the head of the state forest department. de-partment. Mr. Rutledge said. The measure Is meeting with opposition op-position In the Idaho stale legislature, because of the policy of the legislature legisla-ture to reduce appropriations. As set forth in a pamphlet regarding regard-ing Idaho's forest problems, Idaho ls the only ptate of tho United States, which has large areas of forested lands not governed by a state forestry loard. Thero are at present 100,000 - 000. 000 feet of timber m Idaho forests, for-ests, and the areas occupied nv these forests offer not only revenue from tho tlrrrber, but. axo the backbone of tho agricultural pursuits of the state, the forests acting as a watershed which furnishes water irrigation purposes. pur-poses. It Is said that the forest fire prob- 1. m m Jduho represents the greatest los to the toresLs and to Ihe citizens. citi-zens. Mr. Rutledge said that th for-, eat service was desirous of einf the present measures before the Idaho legislature become laws. |