On the Tonto Trail in the Grand Canyon 



Recreation Uses on the National Forests 



EMG before the National Forests were established men went 

 hunting in the woods and fishing in the streams. Camping 

 and picnicking in the wilds had an ancient priority over the admin- 

 istration of those same areas by the Federal Government for the 

 production of timber and the conservation of water. These 

 conditions were not changed by the assignment of the lands to the 

 care of the National Forest Service, except that such recreation 

 uses were multiplied and intensified. 



It is of course inevitable that the Forests should be so used. 

 Outdoor recreation is a necessity of civilized life, and as civilization 

 becomes more intensive the demand grows keener. The vast 

 extent of our present National Forests, their enticing wildness, and 

 the notable beauty of the native landscape lure men and women 

 thither by hundreds of thousands. The really enormous extent 

 and value of this kind of forest product has been generally over- 

 looked in America. 



