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D-12 Assistant District Forester, "Comments on 1925 Fire Plan," O-Supervision, U.S. Forest Service, Portland, Oregon (15p). Details deficiencies in fire suppression on the Crater NF and relates the events of several fires in the Prospect Ranger District. [RR-SNF/SOU-HL]

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D-15 "Memorandum for the Files: Fire Control Plan," F. H. Brundage, Crater National Forest, Medford, Oregon. The memo includes comments by District (i.e., Regional) Forester (7p). The document identifies the fire control problems on the Forest, such as lack of supervision, enforcement, incendiarism, and the need for a central dispatcher for fire suppression. [RR-SNF/SOU-HL]

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D-16 Rogue River National Forest, "Acres Burned, Timber Destroyed and Fire Causes - Annual Figures," compiled by 1960s Forest Supervisor Carroll Brown and subsequent compilers, Medford, Oregon (15+p). These notes duplicate some of the material in volume 2 of the Forest History. The file includes newspaper articles from recent fire seasons. [RR-SNF/SOU-HL]

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D-17 "Ode to a Pork Chop," by Randy Perkins, Rogue River National Forest, Medford, Oregon. A poem in the comic vein, concerning the mistaken ordering of 400 lbs. of excess pork chops for the crews fighting the 1955 Sterling Peak fire. [RR-SNF/SOU-HL]

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D-19 "Fire Plan," by Hugh B. Rankin, Crater National Forest, Medford, Oregon (30p). A Forest-wide plan for the prevention, reporting, and suppression of fires. The document provides a 13-year history of fire, fire suppression personnel, and equipment by specific duty stations and dispatching procedures. [RR-SNF/SOUHL]

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D-22 "Memo to Rangers re: Fire Reporting Practices," by M. L. Erickson, Crater National Forest, Medford, Oregon (3p). Report on the "poor practice" of fire reporting, exemplified by a situation at Bessie Rock Lookout. [RR-SNF/SOU-HL]

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D-31 Rogue River National Forest "Fire Suppression Plan," Medford, Oregon (49p). [RR-SNF/SOU-HL]

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D-33 "On Mount Pitt," by Ernest W. Smith, Rogue River National Forest, Medford, Oregon (4p). A poem about the first fire lookout on Mt. "Pitt" (Mt. McLoughlin) and deals with then-current concepts of Forest Service fire suppression. [RR-SNF/SOU-HL]

Scope and Contents D-46 "The Relation of Brush Fires to Natural Reproduction, Applegate Division of the Crater N.F.," by J. V. Hofmann, U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Portland, Oregon. This report discusses the study of natural reproduction following forest fires. Locations in the study include Palmer Creek, Kinny Creek Ridge, Applegate Ridge, Quartz Creek, Randall, SW slopes of Little Applegate River, Ruch, and Applegate. See also item E-14. The topics covered include erosion, timber production and value, and the...

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RANGE MANAGEMENT. This file deals with grazing allotments, range conditions, and range improvements. It contains range reports, atlases, and permits.