(The people of Minnesota are just beginning to appreciate what 11 pleasure 

 ground Northern Minnesota really holds. '1 he fact that the superior National 

 Forest is one of the most attractive regions in the state makes the following 

 account written by the chief foresler and sent out by The Survey Press bureau 

 particularly interesting It tells what the government is doing to protect the 

 national forests and of its efforts to be of service to campers.) 



THE national forests include all the principal mountain 

 regions between the Great Plains and the Pacific, from 

 the Mexican to the Canadian line. They are the natural 

 playgrounds and summer resorts of a large part of the coun- 

 try. Their scenic beauties and natural wonders not only at- 

 tract tourists from the East but also bring many from over- 

 seas, while the big-game hunter finds in them the principal 

 hunting grounds which the advance of settlement has left in 

 a state of natural wilderness. Their streams are full of trout 

 which are an attraction to fishermen, while campers and 

 berry-pickers by the thousand journey every year into Uncle 

 Sam's great woodlots. 



5CO,OCO Go to Forests. 



It is estimated that well on toward half a million people 

 enter the national forests annually for recreation purposes. 

 Principally owing to the attraction furnished by Pike's Peak, 

 the Colorado forests take the lead in popularity, with 150,000 

 visitors. California has over 100,000, of whom half are cred- 

 ited to the Angeles, covering the San Bernardino Mountains, 

 which rise so attractively above the low-lying and densely 

 peopled Los Angeles plains. The Tahoe, Sierra and Sequoia 

 national forests are also popular resorts for Californians. 

 Arizona, Oregon, Idaho and Montana are other states in which 

 recreation use of the forests is heavy. 



The use of the national forests as recreation grounds is in- 

 creasing steadily. As local resorts they will be frequented 

 more and more largely, while their notable features will also 

 attract larger numbers from a distance as the means of ac- 

 cess and provisions for comfort multiply. There is no better 

 place for application of the motto "See America First" than 

 on the national forests. 



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