MARYLAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 329 



with the necessary materials. The state rather than an individual 

 can afford to hold and protect large areas of forest land from which 

 no immediate revenue is obtained because of the indirect as well as 

 the direct benefits derived. Pleasure resorts, game preserves, and 

 protected watersheds are benefits for which the state is or should be 

 willing to pay, while the individual is interested chiefly in the direct 

 money returns from his investment. 



