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people of Connecticut." So far as forest lands are concerned, these 

 requirements can be met satisfactorily by publicly owned forests 

 administered by trained foresters, as has been amply demonstrated 

 in the case of the National Forests and State Forests elsewhere. In 

 Minnesota, for example, the State Parks are under the supervision of 

 the State Forester, and in general are handled in the same way as 

 State Forests, while in New Hampshire even the Crawford Notch 

 Reservation, which was acquired primarily for scenic purposes, comes 

 under the jurisdiction of the State Forester. 



The intimate relation that exists between State Parks and State 

 Forests is evidently recognized by Connecticut through its action in 

 making the State Forester an ex-officio member of the Commission, 

 and in appointing another forester (H. H. Chapman) as a member of 

 the Commission. It would seem preferable, however, to go much 

 further than this and either to transfer the bulk of the work now being 

 handled by the Park Commission to the Forestry Department, or at 

 least for the Commission to turn over to the latter for administration 

 such forested areas as it may acquire. With the possible exception of 

 limited areas fronting on Long Island Sound, practically all of the 

 tracts being acquired by the Park Commission could be used to ex- 

 cellent advantage for forest purposes. The majority of these tracts 

 could undoubtedly be made a paying investment, both from a recrea- 

 tional and a purely business point of view, while mountain tops, to 

 which the Park Commission appears to be very partial, could be used 

 as fire lookout stations. Unless some such consolidation as that 

 suggested can be made eflrective, there is almost sure to be more or less 

 overlapping of the work of the State Park Commission and the For- 

 estry Department and tying up of forest lands which could equally 

 well be used for forest purposes without in any way interfering with 

 their recreational value. 



