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tiful lakes and forest-clad mountains. Thirty thou- 
‘sand acres of this land have been placed in the hands 
of the New York State College of Forestry of Cor- 
nell University for a period of thirty years for the 
purpose of demonstrating the possibilities of forestry 
in that district. The headquarters is located at Ax- 
ton, the seat of an old lumbering establishment, out 
of which an active forestry center is being gradually 
evolved. 
There are two State forestry experiment sta- 
tions in California, under the control of the Univer- 
sity of California. One is at Chico and the other is 
at Santa Monica. 
The State of Pennsylvania has begun the pur- 
chase of denuded forest lands which are the nuclei 
of future State reservations. 
Massachusetts has spent considerable money un- 
der the direction of the Land and Harbor Commis- 
sioners in fixing shifting sands belonging to the State 
on Cape Cod. 
Many cities throughout the United States have 
extensive forest parks for purposes of pleasure, and 
wooded areas for the collection of pure water. 
The proposed McKinley National Park in west- 
ern North Carolina, western Tennessee, and adjacent 
States, is much talked of, and there is every reason 
for hoping that it may become a reality in the near 
