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tire tract is surrounded by a drive to prevent fires. The 

 drive margin is set with native shrubs such as grow at the 

 edges of woods, etc. designed to attract a maximum num- 

 ber of birds. The front portion adjacent to the public 

 highway containing about 14 acres is a public forest park 

 with three circular drives within which fires may be built. 

 Behind this are two areas (with the keeper's house at the 

 center). The central area is a preserve open only to 

 those with special interests and designed as a game sanc- 

 tuary^, wild flower center of seeding, a bird sanctuary, 

 etc. Surrounding the central preserve area, is another, 

 designed for sylviculture, the chief object of which is 

 the demonstration of farm woodlot forestry. This is 

 ojien to the public with some restrictions. 



Figure 15 shows a similar plan for a 1,600 acre tract, 

 devoted primarily to sylviculture. The public forest 

 park is in the loAver left hand corner. 



V. METHODS OF SECURING RESERVATIOISr OF AREAS 



The nation, state, counties, or municipalities must own 

 preserves. Nothing can ordinarily be done without pub- 

 lic interest. Probably the best way to arouse it is by the 

 organization of a local society having a particular preser- 

 vation project as its sole or main object. For example 

 a society known as the Okefinokee society was recently 

 organized at Waycross, Georgia, for the express purpose 

 of securing the preservation of Okefinokee swamp. This 

 society has tried to interest various people throughout 

 the United States in the project. It has two classes of 

 members, those who pay larger or smaller contributions 

 or dues for the support of publicity work and those 

 who are called associate members who merely sign a 

 pledge to support the project without paying dues. 



An organization has been formed on the Pacific coast 

 having for its object the preservation of an area of red- 

 woods. Its name is Save-the-Redwoods League. They 

 charge a fee to all members and accordingly have been a 

 little less successful, perhaps, in enlisting a considerable 

 body of men on account of the high cost of living and the 

 rather high cost of membership. 



