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Title: Areas of desolation in Pennsylvania (microform)
Identifier: areasofdesolatio01roth (find matches)
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Rothrock, Joseph T. , 1839-1922
Subjects: Forests and forestry; Reforestation; Waste lands
Publisher: Philadelphia : Herbert Welsh
Contributing Library: Penn State University
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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20 promptly bringing the offender to punishment. In a long life of woods experience, I have seen, in Pennsyl- vania, but two forest fires the creation of which could be clearly traced to lightning. It is not long since it was estimated that on an average of once in three years the cut over land'^ of the State was burned. One may fairly say that there is already a marked improve- ment. It is important to bear in mind that almost every forest fire is the result of ignorance, carelessness, or crime, and that there is some one to punish for it. To extinguish a forest fire after it has destroyed the growing timber costs about as much as preventing the fire by an eflficient patrol and saving the timber. 1 his IS the verdict of experienced lumbermen who have tried both plans. A carefully selected patrol has the distinct advantage of dispensing with the irresponsible, undisciphned mob that usually rushes to a forest fire, as much with the idea of getting what they can out of it, as with the in- tention of helping to extinguish it. We must still be prepared to accept the fact that if forest fires are started, there will come times when they will defy the best efforts at prompt sui)pression. For example, in a fire starting in a dry, autumn bed of leaves, when suflricient water is not available and, as often happens, a high wind is prevailing, trails, fire lanes, roads will all be crossed and cinders and flaming bark may convey the conflagration from one side of a valley to another. Such extreme cases are rare, but they do occur. Pennsylvania's restorative measures have thus far been confined mainly to planting on the abandoned
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