Excerpt from The National Forest Manual: General Laws, Parts of Laws, Decisions, and Opinions Applicable to the Creation, Administration, and Protection of National Forests Free use of timber may be allowed in connection with other uses of the National Forests, regardless of the ability of the permittee to purchase, if the timber will be used in improvements of essentially public benefit, or if the stumpage value of the material used is less than the value of these improve ments for protective or administrative purposes, considering both the actual use of the improvement and the increased value of the Forest through better regulation. Cooperative associations of settlers may be granted free use of timber needed in the construction of roads, schools, and other structures of public benefit, and irrigation works or structures of any kind required for the development of unperfected claims or unimproved ranches which do not yet furnish an ample livelihood for their owners. Such associations will be required to purchase timber necessary for the construction of irrigation works and other strue tures any portion of which will be used commercially, as in the sale of water; and irrigation works or other structures designed to further enhance the value of improved ranches which now furnish an ample livelihood for their owners. Free-use timber may be obtained for the construction of telephone lines where necessary to protect the National Forests from fire. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.