effect of more conservative logging methods on these 

 state forests and the educational work done by the 

 University, the Forestry Association and the Forest 

 Service encourage us to believe that the future of 

 forestry in the state is at least hopeful. There is an 

 awakened interest in tree planting as well as in pro- 

 tecting the old and young native timber stands. There 

 is at last a real demand for preserving the wooded 

 shores and islands of our countless lakes. All these 

 facts and tendencies, while primarily forestry mat- 

 ters, have a direct and important bearing on the 

 preservation and increase of our game supply. 



The Superior Game Preserve lying within the 

 boundaries of the new State Forests has assured the 

 preservation of the moose which should continue to 

 increase and spread into the surrounding timber 

 country. So too, the few remaining caribou should in- 

 crease until the time some years hence when they 

 may properly and legally be hunted. The Elk re- 

 introduced to the State by the Forest Service five 

 years ago now number over forty. The 700-acre en- 

 closure where they are kept at Itasca will soon be 

 crowded and a portion of the herd released to stock 

 the Superior Game Preserve and eventually to furnish 

 the hunter another splendid object of pursuit. } 



From my own observations and from hunting ex- 

 periences in this country and Canada, and from dis- 

 cussions with forest rangers, game wardens and tim- 

 ber cruisers, I am convinced that it is entirely feasible 

 to increase our game and fur bearing animals to 

 several times their present numbers; to do this within 

 a reasonably short period and at no sacrifice to agri- 



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