CONTENTS 



I. INTRODUCTION. V. E. SHELFORD <4 



II. USES, VALUES, AND MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL AREAS 5 



A. Artistic and Literary Uses * 7 



1. The Value of Natural Areas to Literature and Art. S. L. WHIT- 



COMB, University of Kansas 7 



2. The Value of Natural Preserves to the Landscape Architect. 



S. H. WHITE, University of Illinois 8 



B. Scientific and Practical Uses and Values 10 



1. The Value to Silviculture of Reserved Areas of Natural Forest 



Types. W. W. ASHE, United States Forest Service 10 



2. The Value of Aquatic Preserves to Fisheries. A. S. PEARSE, 



University of Wisconsin 11 



3. The Importance to Geography of the Preservation of Natural 



Areas. S. S. VISHER, Indiana University 12 



4. The Importance of Natural Areas to Biology and Agriculture. 



V. E. SHELFORD, University of Illinois 13 



C. Forces Making for the Destruction or Preservation of Natural Areas. . 15 



1. Forest Laws and Regulations and the Preservation of Natural 



Conditions. R. B. MILLER, Illinois Natural History Survey. . 15 



2. The Preservation of Natural Conditions in the National Forests. 



C. F. KORSTIAN, United States Forest Service 17 



3. Permanent Sample Plots in the National Forests. C. F. KOR- 



STIAN, U. S. Forest Service 19 



4. National Parks and National Monuments. E. LUCY BRAUN, 



University of Cincinnati 20 



5. Museums and Nature. F. C. BAKER, University of Illinois.... 27 



6. Game Preserves as Illustrated by Pennsylvania's Experience. 



JOHN M. PHILLIPS, Pennsylvania Game Commission 28 



7. The Relation of Shrubs and Trees to Wild Birds (.Quoted). F. 



SMITH, University of Illinois 31 



8. Grazing in the National Forests. C. F. KORSTIAN, United 



States Forest Service 33 



9. Fires in Relation to the Biota. R. H. WOLCOTT, University of 



Nebraska 34 



10. The Effect of Pollution on Animal Life. F. C. BAKER, Uni- 

 versity of Illinois 38 



D. Interests and Management 42 



1. Union of Interests and Management of Natural Areas. V. E. 



SHELFORD, University of Illinois 42 



E. Administration of Wild Life 45 



1. The Administration of Wild Life in State and National Parks 

 (Quoted). CHAS. C. ADAMS, New York State College of 

 Forestry 45 



F. Duty of Scientific Men 62 



1. The Duty of Scientific Men in Conservation. H. S. GRAVES, 



Yale University 52 



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