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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



Observation Station on Summit of White 

 Face Mountain, Altitude, 4872 Feet 



in the improvement of the whole, so 

 that the park may ultimately have 

 some portion of river front and thus 

 hy improved accessibility be rendered 

 more useful and more beneficial to the 

 people of New York City and the 

 neighboring counties. 



In addition to the munificent Harri- 

 man gift, the Palisades Park Commis- 

 sion, acting with a similar New Jersey 

 Commission is preserving and protect- 

 ing the scenic beauty of the mountain 

 lands known as the Palisades, along 

 the west bank of the Hudson river. 

 Already private contributions of land 

 and money, amounting to $300,000 have 

 been received from individuals, and 

 $400,000 contributed by the State of 

 New York, and $50,000 bv the State 



of New Jersey, to carry on the work. 



The third great park, known as 

 Highland Park, consisting of the Har- 

 riman gift and Palisades lands, will 

 extend from Fort Lee to Newburgh 

 along the shores of the picturesque 

 Hudson and back into a country full 

 of scenic beauty and historic lore. Pri- 

 vate subscriptions, amounting to $1,- 

 625,000 have been received from seven- 

 teen individuals, in addition to the 

 Harriman gift, to develop this park. 

 The list was hearled by John D. Rocke- 

 feller and J. Pierpont Morgan, for 

 a half million each. This gift is to be 

 supplemented by an appropriation by the 

 State of New York of another quar- 

 ter of a million. 



With these three great state pre- 

 serves, surely New York can challenge 

 the whole world to produce within an 

 equal area such glories of nature so 

 carefully preserved. The Association 

 for the Protection of the Adirondacks, 

 organized in 1901, has been a potent 

 force in the conservation of New 

 York State's wealth of forest posses- 

 sions. The president, Hon. Henry E. 

 Howland, Vice-President John G. Agar, 

 and Secretary Edward Hagaman Hall, 

 as well as its officers in general, have 

 given much of their time, study, and 

 means in every efifort tending toward 

 the preservation of the State's forests. 



There can be no argument but that 

 this large outlay of money and efifort 

 on the part of the State is fully justi- 

 fied by the results. The efiforts be- 

 ing made in New York State are at- 

 tracting the attention of the entire 

 country, and can not fail to prove a 

 powerful stimulus to forest conserva- 

 tion. 



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