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have alwyas acceped as a natural law, is now seemingly being proved
more and more satisfactorily by the notes which you and Mr. Webber
present. The continental and topographical position of the region
neccessitates unfavorable moisture conditions (unfavorable relative
humidity, unfavorable precipiration). Allow destuction by fire to
make the first inroad and repitition of this factory of destruc-
tion and you make these unfavorable climatic conditions more po-
tent. Add the trampling herds of buffalo preventing filteration of
falling water and detroying any chnace seedlings pepreat the burn-
ing and you have here a combination of destructive forces which
most easily explains the first destrution and the subsequent def-
ficulty of natural reforestation. At present the difficulty I con-
ceive maily to lie in the enormous evaporation due to the uncheck-
ed sweep of winds.

With best regards,
Yours very truly,
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Chief of Forestry Divisions.