citizen. The State Forest Service will keep in touch and 

 will appreciate your efforts in the carrying out of these 

 instructions. Very truly yours, 



STATE FORESTER. 



The attention of sportsmen and all others who visit the 

 forests is called to the following appeal: 



Jlrmtti 



An Appeal to 



All sportsmen are interested in the portection of our for- 

 ests. This could not be otherwise, since the forests consti- 

 tute the natural home of all big game within the state. With 

 the disappearance of the woods the game will disappear also. 

 Many of our game fishes can live only in our wooded lakes 

 and streams; the protection afforded by the forest and the 

 character of run-off resulting from a forest cover appears 

 essential to their existence and propagation. 



The sportsman, before all others, appreciates the forest 

 for its own sake. The lure of the woods is one of the great- 

 est incentives to the camper, hunter or fisherman. Who 

 would care to go on a lengthy canoe trip or camp in the 

 northern wilderness were it not for the call of the woods? 



The forests of this state have been steadily reduced in 

 area and impoverished in character by fires, and this is an 

 appeal to you to do all in your power to prevent forest fires 

 by exercising care in camp and by putting out small fires 

 when you find them. 



Under the new forest law any person leaving a fire unex- 

 tinguished is liable for the damage it does and is subject to 

 prosecution as well. 



The State has over a hundred rangers and patrolmen on 

 duty, but every sportsman should be a volunteer ranger and 

 game warden and help protect the forests and the game. 



WM. T. COX, 



State Forester. 



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