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those of New York, Pennsylvania forests were 

 acquired and are managed primarily for timber 

 production, although the recreational uses are 

 not overlooked. 



The large areas of state-owned lands in the 

 Lake States suitable, mainly, for timber grow- 

 ing, enabled this section to create extensive state 

 forests without the necessity of purchase as was 

 the case in New York and Pennsylvania. As 

 a result, Wisconsin has nearly 400,000 acres of 

 state forest land, Minnesota, about 330,000, and 

 Michigan, about 200,000 acres. South Dakota, 

 with a relatively small area of forest land, has 

 set aside 80,000 acres for state forest. A number 

 of other states have initiated a policy of 

 acquiring state forest lands, notably, New Hamp- 

 shire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New 

 Jersey, Maryland, and Indiana, each with small 

 areas, but likely to be greatly increased within 

 the next few years under the development of 

 present policies. Other states are falling in line 

 with this forward movement. There are but 

 4,237,587 acres in state forests in the United 

 States. This is only 1% per cent, of the cut-over 

 and denuded land in the country which is useful 

 only for tree production. The lack of funds pre- 



