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 The Fallon Fire Act of 1907 is the answer for Week 142 of Orofino History Trivia, a special feature to celebrate the history and heritage of Clearwater Country. Join in the discovery! Monday: Logging slash Tuesday: 1907 Wednesday: Legislation Thursday: State Land Board Friday: A permit system Saturday: Primarily concerned with the prevention of fire Monday: Idaho Legislature Tuesday: A start in good forest legislation Wednesday: Required engines to have spark arrestors A.B. Curtis in his book White Pines and Fires calls the Fallon Fire Act the first legislation by the state that was meaningful. It "prescibed the need for logging slash to be burned by piling and burning, provided for the area to be affected to be created by the Land Board and that a warden be paid by the users of the forest products and landowners". A permit system was provided with those permits to be issued by the wardens to those cutting timber. It also provided that no engines capable of emitting sparks be used without an adequate spark arrestor. Sponsored by:
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