Show FIRE prevention BY FOREST SERVICE 0 strike down the monster is I 1 the fighting slogan of the he forest 1 service U S department of agriculture I 1 I 1 ri and other fire pr protection agencies responsible for the I 1 preservation of millions of acres of forest and range land this year I 1 the poster used to head up the protection drive lais year emphasizes the importance of reducing forest and range fires to a minimum as a means of making resources i and manpower man power available for the defense effort C N woods regional forester said in explaining the campaign twenty one thousand copies of this years poster are being distributed tri buted throughout the intermountain country by the ogden office of the forest service they will be constant reminders to all forest users that it is each ones responsibility to lo help prevent and suppress forest and range fires during the year 1941 98 man caused fires were reported within the 24 national forests of the in intermountain ter region this is the best record in the national forests for many years with more than people using these forests for recreation alone during 1941 this record shows that hat the vast majority are really becoming safety minded A special extort has been made this spring to secure the active cooperation in fire prevention of every group using the forests the response has been excellent mr woods said and we have a greater proportion of forest users actively helping in fire pro protection lection and suppression this year than avei ever before lets all work together in 1942 and strike the monster down |