Forest Guard Mathew Dick using propane gas backfiring torch to set backfire near fire line. For  fire suppression purposes, as well as for slash buning, the forestry staff of Colville Reservation consideres this torch the most effective.

Photographic reports compiled by Harold Weaver illustrate forest management on Indian Reservation forests of Washington and Oregon, mainly on Colville where Weaver was Forest supervisor before becoming Regional Forester in 1960. Ther are a few photos of California and Montana and reports of scientific field trips.