The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-24
COOPERATIVE PLAN
FOR FOREST PATROL
IDAHO LUMBERMEN AND FOREST
SERVICE TO WORK TOGETHER
IN HARMONY.
Will Establish Cooperative Fire Dis
tricts With Patrol for Government
and Private Forests.
PORTLAND, June 24.-(speciaD-

PORTLAND, June 24.-(SpeciaD-
operative system of fire patrol be-
tween the forest service and Lumber
mems Protestive association in north
ern Idaho. The associations repre-
scented are the Potach Timber as
ISOLATION, Clearwater Fire Protective
association, Occur d'Alene Timber
Protective association, and the Pend
OreiEe Timber Protective association
The proposed agreement between the
several associations and the forest
service for patrOlling the territory
that comes within the boundaries Of
the national forests in Idaho, and the
holdings of the several private asso-
Citations was unanimously adopted at
joint meeting of the officers, direc-
tors, and members of the several as
sociations interested, and is sub
stantially as follows:
1. The secretary of each associa-
ton is authorized to act with district
forester or his representative in es-
tabishing cooperative first districts
which include national forest and
association lands up to any reason
able or necessary limit outside of
the national forest, determining the
acreage of the holdings of each party
in each district, and establishing up
oil Tie OASIS I'll SUCH acreage d pro
rata share which each party shall pay
of al expenditures, in addition to and
not including the salaries and travel
ing expenses of the men engaged on
actual patrol work, which may be in
CURED in extinguishing forest fires
in that district.
2. The agreement is to apply only
to national forest land and to lands
owned by the associations which are
| 1al, Ia h. 1.-Two n
| tricts to be established in the man.
ner above prescribed.
8. The forest service is to furnish
such patro!men on these areas as are
available under it's appropriation; an(
| the association will furnish not les:
than an equal number for it's lands
on the basis of acreage per man. Thu
/ supervisor of each national fores
make such arrangements as are prac
ticable with the local fire wardens o
the association to divide areas fol
patrol and any other arrangement
advisable to avoid duplication of worl
and to make the patrol by both par
ties most economical and effective.
4. Every member of both patro
4 forces in the cooperative fire distrfc
is to keep a vigilant lookout for for
est fires and exert every effort t
extinguish them, whether on land
belonging to the association or to tn
government The association and tn
forest service shall furnish the ser
vices of all their available employe
to fight fires which cannot be exiting
uished by the regular patrol force
of the district. The patrol1nan Of
each district is authorized to pur
chase too1s and supplies, hire tenn
necessary to extinguish any fires j
the district.
5. Each cooperative district wi
be placed for purposes of fire fightin
in charge of an officer to be agree
upon by the forest supervisor and tn
secretary of the association. Thi
officer will assume charge, when pres
ent. of all fires within his district
The first patrolman who reaches
fire, the officer in charge of the dis
trict not being present, shall assuln
charge of the fire until such distric
officer arrives.
s. The association agrees to Civ
the forest service the privilege o
constructing roads or trails acros
their holdings, not to exceed fou
feet in width, for fire protective pur
poses.
During the latter part Of May Dis
trict Forester Greeley met the sec
retaries of each association, and hna
maps, outlining cooperative district
and definitely determining the pr
rata share for each district Wer
completed This will insure the co
operative agreement being put int
full force and effect during the com
ing fire season.
The enormous destruction causes
by fires during the past season Ea
made it necessary that some prac
tical and systematic pan to protec
the valuable timber lands in northern
Idaho be adopted. Following the pas
sage of the Fallon fire law, this co
operative agreement marks stron:
progressive mode on the part of tn
lumbermen and assures good effec
tive results in badly fFe-infestc;
territory.