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priations were made from time to time for this 

 purpose, until now the state forests embrace near- 

 ly 2,000,000 acres, the largest of any single state. 



New York state forests were created, espe- 

 cially, for the protection of the Adirondack and 

 Catskill regions as great camping and hunting 

 grounds, and not for timber production. The 

 people of the state were so fearful that through 

 political manipulation this vast forest resource 

 might fall into the hands of the timber exploiters, 

 that a constitutional amendment was proposed 

 and adopted, absolutely prohibiting the cutting 

 of green timber from the state lands. Thus, 

 while New York owns large areas of state forest 

 land, it is unproductive so far as furnishing 

 timber supplies to the state is concerned. It is 

 held distinctly for the recreation it affords to 

 campers and hunters, and contains many famous 

 summer resorts. 



State forestry in Pennsylvania began in 1887, 

 when a commision was appointed to study condi- 

 tions, resulting in the establishment of a Com- 

 mission of Forestry in 1895. Two years later, an 

 act was passed providing for the purchase of 

 state forests. At the present time, Pennsylvania 

 has 1,250,000 acres of state forest land. Unlike 



