Image ID:   Views12
Image Date:   1930
Image Title:   A Liability
Image Caption:   A LIABILITY: Green forests are an asset, but burned forests, like that here shown, are a liability. And man, carelessly or wantonly, is still responsible for more than 63% of all forest fires which started, during 1933, on or near the National Forests. Smokers--careless with matches, cigarettes, cigars and pipes--were responsible for more than 45% of those preventable fires just mentioned: campers--thoughtless of their own safety and the pleasure and safety of others--started nearly 18% of them. So--be careful when you visit your National Forest. Devastation after the Boise-Payette fire on Pearsal Creek. Payette National Forest, Idaho. (12-253,317)

[This image is from an album produced in the mid-1930s by the U.S. Forest Service for placement on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway's California Limited in an attempt to introduce passengers to the National Forests. Includes 36 black-and-white photographs, dating 1914-1933, from National Forests across the country with accompanying captions addressing such topics as recreation, wildlife, reforestation, timber management and use, fire control, forage, and the activities of the Civilian Conservation Corps.]
Photographer:   Shipp, E. S., for the U.S. Forest Service
Use Restrictions:   Permission from the Forest History Society required for any use of this image.
Repository Contact Information:   Forest History Society, Inc.; 701 William Vickers Ave., Durham, NC 27701; Tel.: (919) 682-9319; Fax: (919) 682-2349.