Circular, Issues 191-216The Service, 1911 - Forests and forestry |
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Page 4 - The law requires that (1) the protection must be confined to the forested watersheds of navigable streams; (2) the State must have provided by law for a system of forest fire protection; and...
Page 13 - State commission, shall be appointed collaborator in the Forest Service of the United States Department of Agriculture at a salary of one dollar ($1) a month, and acting in such capacity shall have direct charge of the force of Federal patrolmen employed under this agreement. The State forester shall select the Federal patrolmen, subject to approval by the Secretary, instruct them in writing as to their duties, supervise their work, and certify to their services on pay rolls of the Forest Service.
Page 12 - Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to cooperate with any State or group of States, when requested to do so, in the protection from fire of the forested watersheds of navigable streams...
Page 13 - State commission shall secure for the Federal patrolmen furnished under this agreement, by appointment as deputy State fire wardens or otherwise, without additional compensation, such police powers for the prevention and control of forest fires as may be granted under the laws of the State of...
Page 12 - State of and situated upon the watersheds of navigable rivers ; and to furnish for this purpose Federal and State patrolmen or to take such other protective measures as may be deemed advisable, under the conditions hereinafter provided. 2. The state commission shall furnish maps showing the watersheds and areas which are proposed to be protected under this agreement.
Page 13 - Board shall indicate the periods during which protection from forest fires is proposed under this agreement; the number of patrolmen, with their stations, which will be employed by the State ; the character and extent of other protective measures which it is proposed to put into effect at the expense of the State; and the localities in which it is desired to place Federal patrolmen furnished by the Forest Service. 3. The State...
Page 6 - Much misunderstanding exists as to the meaning of the term "creosote." It is defined by the Standard Dictionary as "a colorless to yellowish oily liquid compound consisting of a mixture of phenols distilled from wood, and having a smoky odor and burning taste. It is a powerful antiseptic and is used for the preservation of timber, meat, etc.; called also oil of wood-tar and oil of smoke.
Page 8 - In general, planting should be done as soon as possible after the frost is out of the ground, the exact period depending upon local climate and soil conditions.
Page 13 - AGRICULTURE AGREEMENT FOR THE PROTECTION FROM FIRE OF THE FORESTED WATERSHEDS OF NAVIGABLE STREAMS.
Page 4 - ... not be considered navigable. As a general basis for decisions on the question of navigability the reports of the Chief of Engineers, United States Army are used. No State will receive more than $10,000 in any one year. Nor should it be assumed that the Federal Government will duplicate within the limit any appropriation made by a State for fire protection. It is proposed to disperse the Federal fund as widely as possible, and throughout three years, in order that the educational value of the...