Our national forests

by Richard H. D. Boerker

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.

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1918
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