Show FOREST NOTES on about two million acres of 0 national F forest lands grazing by domestic stock la is either entirely prohibited or la Is greatly restricted to pro vide range for el elk it Is la estimated that in fit 1915 about forest fires occurred in the united states which burned over about acres and caused a damage of approximately revised estimates place tho the amount of standing merchantable timber in the united states at approximately billion feet ot of this amount 1464 billion board feet or 53 63 per cent of the total la Is in california oregon washington idaho and montana during the past fiscal year there were constructed on tho the national forests 2227 miles of new road 1975 1076 miles of rails 2124 miles of tele phone line 89 miles of fire lines 81 lookout structures 40 bridges miles or of fonce fence dwellings barns and other structures 17 corrals and water improvements since the passage in 1912 of the act providing funds for land iana classification and as a direct result of the classification work a total of acres lias has been eliminated from the national F orests forests this includes the elimination of approximately acres of land from chug ach national forest in alaska which effi embraced braced lands of low value for any purposes othor than mining |