250 PRACTICAL FORESTRY 
future. The reasons advanced for the establishment 
of this park are in brief as follows: 
First, the East and South have no National forest 
reserve. 
Second, the West and North have many. 
Third, western North Carolina presents every 
requisite for a perfect timber preserve and National 
park as regards climate, scenery, and timber. 
Fourth, lumbermen are rapidly devastating the 
whole section. 
Fifth, the greatest region in the United States for 
a variety of hardwood timber is here found. 
Sixth, the region under contemplation forms the 
headwaters of all the streams of the Southeastern 
States. 
Seventh, it is necessary to preserve this timber in 
the mountains in order to retain the water supply of 
these States. 
Eighth, lumbering and barking will in the next 
few years make the establishment of a National for- 
est preserve in this part of the country impossible. 
Ninth, the region is within easy access of all the 
Eastern and Southern States. 
Tenth, such a forest reserve would soon become 
stocked with game and fish; and, 
Finally, it is the duty of the Aas of this gen- 
eration to preserve such a section of the Southern 
