Advertisements are run in newspapers, warning people to be careful so as not to set fire to the forests.

Exhibits are made at fairs, shows, community meetings and similar gatherings, showing the dangers from forest fires and how these destructive conflagrations may be controlled.

Every possible means is used to teach the public to respect and protect the forests.
[Illustration: BLACKENED RUINS OF A FIRE-SWEPT FOREST] For many years, the United States Forest Service and State Forestry Departments have been keeping a record of forest fires and their causes.

Studies have been made of the length and character of each fire season.

Information has been gathered concerning the parts of the forest where lightning is most likely to strike or where campfires are likely to be left by tourists.
The spots or zones of greatest fire danger are located in this way and more forest guards are placed in these areas during the dangerous fire season.