The Log of a Timber Cruiser

THE LOG OF A TIMBER CRUISER WILLIAM PINKNEY LAWSON - 1915 - FOREWORD - Public knowledge of the reasons for the existence of the United States Forest Service is fairly wide- spread and accurate, Conservation the intelligent use and development of the resources of our National Forests, has worked its way into the list of the Nations permanent policies. But while most people are agreed as to the desirability of the work the Forest Service is doing and know in it general may what that work is, there exists a surprising lack of information as to the actuaI life and day-to-day duties of Service field men Supervisors and Forest Assistants, Rangers and Guards. The Log of a Timber Cruiser is in part an attempt to furnish such information at least in one phase of Forest Service activity-by detailing the incidents of a six months field assignment in the mountains of southern New Mexico...........