Show A LETTER FROM CLEVE NORRIS NORMS camp F 8 may 13 idich county reaper dear editor I 1 am sending an idea of what the forest service is coill doing in this is mostly it a vol coppice Pice forest of white red and bla black ek oak of poor ioor quality which should be producing tile the bent s if pine to get tile the ciuc to come lit in we are thinning the tale oak unit und taking the aisea diseased ed trees out the ta ifo graphy of tile the country la is rolling lulls with subsurface aub surface streams timber is ii very dense and covers the entire area except for have hake been cleared most of this land is under private ownership hip from tile the early logging days of pine pille forest the government I 1 is buying all alf land oe oc one to three dollars per acre we sire ire also als o building ponds for ducks and uglier water fowl these ponds are houi one to ten tell acres in area and filled aloin radii raiu which is quite heavy in 1113 spring in fit oui lit timber stand improvement WOI K ill ell trees cut ire are lopped and tile the trunk laid at right angles with the sope ol of the hill this is to prevent toil er we have a fish and game department which is building a game refuge lor deer rabbits and alid turkeys turkey z ire are wild except ill the turkeys and these we ve are raising to put out this fall some ate aie being raised at F S for alil 1 b put pul ave poe it i is tile the custom to burn the forest pitr each year so bo that grass will not be hindered this practice the forest sol services vices believes is false and we live lire trying to discourage it for tins this pui lob they have fire lookout look out towers tower tu to find lulie lires fires as quick vs s they ne ate set et and a lire ire crew 1 is I bell bent out to put it out it doe docs any harm these towers are ft maue of cf steel iliev tile liale liae lire fire finding maps at the bouer and camp so ho that the tower anding call be to tile the anu unu p map and abrew bent to the fire the alo e files burn only on oil the ground round do very little harm barm to standing timber but is to seedlings we are building roads th roligh every lection so that fires may be reached lit in short order thebe roads are graveled so that they may be used the year round gamp life is fairly good as we have a dances ances and n d shows s at ca MP most of tile the boys are from kansas city and st louis hoping this will avill clear up some 0 of the questions yours truly CLEVI forest technician in camp 1 18 F S 8 anona Vj Ilona missouri |