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--"iv"* ^ "rK(ty)*X-41, R. 10 E. 



(h) The north two-thirds of T. 41, R. 

 11 E. 



The announcement of the above policy, together 

 with the misunderstanding brought about by a lack 

 of knowledge of the intention of those interested in 

 forestry, engendered such a feeling in the north- 

 eastern part of Wisconsin, particularly in the counties 

 of Forest, Iron, Oneida, Price and Vilas, that every 

 pressure possible was brought to bear upon the mem- 

 bers at the last session of the Legislature to stop 

 further purchases by the Board. This seemed partly 

 to have grown out of a misunderstanding, not as to 

 the location of the lands to be taken as a permanent 

 forest reserve, but as to the character of the lands so 

 to be used. A Jarge delegation was present at the 

 hearing on the bill creating this Special Joint Com- 

 mittee and a great deal of interest and bitterness 

 was displayed by the people of the district affected. 



An examination of the pages of the report of the 

 State Forester* will show conclusively that it never 

 was the intention of the Forestry Board to take any 

 but non-agricultural lands. The following was the 

 language used by him: "The proposed act should 

 clearly point out that it is the intention of the state 

 to eventually acquire all the unoccupied and non- 

 agricultural lands suitable for forestry within the 

 boundaries of the forest reserve." 



This will also be seen from the following- quota- 

 tions from the reports of the State Forester: 



"It is one of the tenets of forestry that no land 

 should be held permanently under forests which is 

 more suitable for agriculture, and every parcel of 

 land within the state forest reserve will be examined 

 with this in mind, so that land which is valuable for 

 agriculture may be withdrawn and offered for sale. 

 By such careful selection, the creation of an adequate 

 state forest reserve will in no way retard the devel- 

 opment of northern Wisconsin, but, on the other 

 hand, the state's forest policy of cutting conserva- 

 tively, and so always having something to cut, will 

 in a few years give to all the settlers near the re- 



* Report 1911-1912, Page 21. 



