the development of water-pov/er and the use of right s~of-way 

 by public service corporations in connection with municipal 

 water supply, irrigation, and transportation projects. Look- 

 ing at these uses from the standpoint oi tho Service, they 

 mean- a great deal "by showing the success which has "been 

 made in the important policy of putting the national forests 

 and their resources to the highest use. 



The great number of smaller uses including those 

 not requiring permits probably means most to the Service, and 

 conse rvuently to the public, by reason of the fact that they 

 bring such a large number of users (and through them a great 

 many others) into close relation to tho Service, Thro\Th 

 dealing with the Service, occupying the national forests, and 

 onjoying the protection which the Service gives them, the 



people get a better understanding of the purposes of the 



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Service and the policies it is trying: to carry out. This 

 will do more than anything olse to dispel tho notion that the 

 national forests are withdrawn from use and closed against 

 the public. 



The main difficulties which the forest Service has 

 encountereC. have been the opposition of those who wish to use 

 the national ^Vi.-est resources or appropriate the lands with- 

 out regard to the public interest. The inoreasec use indi- 

 cates that these people have adjusted themselves to the new 

 conditions, or that others have taken advantage of them, and 



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