may enjoy the benefits with which the maker of all things 

 has blessed us. 



Assist in the work of conservation. Understand fully the 

 important part that the forests play in the economic situation 

 of the state and encourage the movement for a business-like 

 management of our forest land. 



Our Obligations to Forestry 



Hy James A. Lawrie, Secretary-Treasurer, 

 Northeastern' Minnesota Game and Fish Protective Association 



"The world is so full of a number of things, 

 I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings." 



SO runs a very optimistic little rhyme, but if we consider 

 the fullness of our subject in relation to our ability, 

 time and space in which to do it justice, we are quite 

 apt to lose a little of our optimism. Perforce I must confine 

 our considerations of forestry to the issues of the sportsman, 

 fisherman, bird lover and vacationist, leaving other economic 

 values for a more comprehensive treatise. Neither shall the 

 reader be launched on the sea (if this bull be permitted) of 

 general forestry and left without compass, sails or oars, to drift 

 with wind and tide of general sentiment or legislative direction, 

 for there is right at hand, ready and seeking our co-operation, a 

 fully equipped, thoroughly manned craft, waiting for us to 

 embark, that will land us safely at the "Port of our Desire" 

 in forestry matters. 



I refer to the Minnesota Forestry Association and the state 

 forest service, both of which are committed to the preserva- 

 tion and perpetuation of forest areas within our state. Now 

 where do we stand in this movement? We have within our 

 borders presumably about fifteen thousand people who an- 

 nually hunt large game, many thousands who devote their 

 shooting to birds and small game, thousands of men, women 

 and children who love to fish the streams and lakes, and thou- 



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