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Show Forest Service Asks For Caution In Ashley Forest Despite recent rains, the forested for-ested nroa and rani'o c'uualry on the Ashley forest is now in a condition of high fire hazard, the I . o. fst Service wa nod iliis week. ! The crvice requ:s1s that all j Torest uoers be especially careful in th? use of fire while on the (rational forest. A carelessly dropped cigarette or - uncxtin-1 uncxtin-1 guished campfire can cause the desl ruction of thousands of dollars dol-lars wo'lh of timber and forage in a few hours i In accordance with a new Forest Service regional policy, two of the men from the Ashley national forest have been detailed detail-ed to fight large fires in other states. Ranger Burton O. Clark of the Fort Bridger ranger district dis-trict has 'recently returned after days spent fighting a 2,500 pcre blaze near Reno, Nevada. Forester For-ester Robert Hoag has been on detail to the Boise forest in Idaho for the past week assist-'ng assist-'ng with ' control on the large Ves burning there. In addition to Die assistance hese men arc rendering, a secondary sec-ondary purpose of this new policy pol-icy is to give younger forest officers of-ficers experience in fighting fires when and where they occur, so that they will be belter prepared pre-pared to meet emergencies on their own forest. Other Ashley personnel will be detailed to large "project" fires in the near future for training train-ing and experience. |
