Our National Forests / A Short Popular Account of the Work of the United States Forest Service on the National Forests

Richard H. D. Boerker

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION FORESTRY AS A NATIONAL PROBLEM

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

OUR NATIONAL FORESTS

CHAPTER I THE CREATION AND ORGANIZATION OF THE NATIONAL FORESTS

CHAPTER II THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE NATIONAL FORESTS

CHAPTER III THE PROTECTION OF THE NATIONAL FORESTS

CHAPTER IV THE SALE AND RENTAL OF NATIONAL FOREST RESOURCES

APPENDIX

Figure 1. An observation point for finding forest fires. Vigilance is the watchword on the National Forests. During 1916 forest officers extinguished 5,655 forest fires. Photo by the author

OUR
NATIONAL FORESTS

A SHORT POPULAR ACCOUNT OF THE
WORK OF THE UNITED STATES FOREST
SERVICE ON THE NATIONAL FORESTS

BY
RICHARD H. DOUAI BOERKER, M.S.F., Ph.D.
Arboriculturist, Department of Parks, City of New York.
With the United States Forest Service from 1910 to 1917.

WHOM should this humble volume
seek to honor but the father and
mother whose unselfish devotion made
possible both my education and my
profession?

The highest type of scientific writing is that which sets forth useful scientific facts in language which is interesting and easily understood by the millions who read.

L. A. Mann.

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