224 OUR USE OF THE LAND 



flexible methods of game management that will restrict the 

 numbers of wild life to the available food. At the same time 

 the animal kill must be controlled so that it does not exceed the 

 annual increase. 



RECREATION LAND 



With the exception of certain kinds of fishing and fur farm 

 ing, all other forms of hunting wild life come under the head 

 of recreation. But the protecting of wild life for the hunters is 

 only a small part of the management of land for recreation 

 undertaken by the various departments of government. 



The most famous of recreational areas are of course the 

 great National Parks which are administered by the National 

 Park Service of the Department of the Interior. When most 

 people think of these federal parks, they have in mind some 

 place like Yellowstone or Yosemite. Actually there are twenty- 

 six national parks, two national historical parks, eleven national 

 military parks, sixty-seven national monuments, ten battlefield 

 sites, eleven national cemeteries, and four miscellaneous na 

 tional memorials. 21 All of these are under the National Park 

 Service. In addition to these, there are under the National 

 Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture special types 

 of forest areas especially suited for recreation. There are: (1) 

 superlative areas, that is, areas of superlative beauty; (2) 

 primeval areas regions which have been unchanged by man; 

 (3) wilderness areas; these are wild areas with a few roads 

 but no improvements or buildings of any kind; (4) roadside 

 areas; (5) camp site areas; (6) residence areas, and (7) outing 

 areas. 22 Finally, there are certain lands owned by the federal gov 

 ernment, such as the Navajo Indian Reservations in Arizona 

 and New Mexico, which are visited by many people every year 



21 Statistical Table Areas Administered by the "National Par\ Service. 



22 National Resources Board Report, op. cit., p. 147. Municipal and County 

 Parks in the United States 1935. United States Gov. Printing Office, Washing 

 ton, 1937, pp. 558, 559. 



