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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



changed entirely in sentiment since the ushering in of 

 the acute paper shortage, and the changed attitude of 

 the Hoosier newspapers has also been largely responsi- 

 ble for the trend in public opinion. 



Indiana and Ohio are unanimous in the belief that the 

 forest preserves should link up closely with the game 

 p r e s ervation, 

 and should also 

 be used as nat- 

 ural recreation 

 grounds. For- 

 in these 

 States would 

 serve to pro- 

 vide a place 

 where the citi- 

 zens would be 

 able to secure 

 camping out 

 privileges much 

 more advanta- 

 ge o u s than 

 those which are 

 now at their 

 disposal under 

 private control. 

 And it cannot 

 be denied that 

 when the State 

 forests are used 

 for recreation- 

 al purposes, it 

 attracts people 

 to them and 

 this would pro- 

 vide not only 

 education to the 

 citizen in forestry but in game and game preservation. 



Ohio has now two city forests, one in Cincinnati and 

 one in Oberlin, and is continually urging that cities 

 acquire their own forests as every opportunity is open 

 for such action in the Buckeye State. 



Ohio has been successful in her two experimenting 

 stations, and every indication now points to a vast and 

 extensive reforestation program for the coming year. 



Summing the conditions in the three great States of 

 the Middle West, it is found that despite the fact that 

 these States are among the leaders in agriculture, pro- 

 duction and manufacturing, they are ready and willing to 

 go ahead with a reasonable reforestation program be- 

 cause they realize the seriousness of the situation. 



They realize 

 that they are 

 paying higher 

 prices than ever 

 before in his- 

 tory and that 

 they are having 

 to import the 

 very building 

 materials which 

 they at one 

 time raised and 

 supp lied the 

 needs of the 

 outer world 

 w i t h . These 

 States r. re 

 awake n e d to 

 the fact that it 

 takes co-opera- 

 tion to make 

 the plans they 

 have formulat- 

 ed a reality. 

 They know 

 that an o t h e r 

 gen eration is 

 coming, and 

 they under- 

 stand that this 

 generation 

 must be supplied with the substance which has been 

 almost wiped out in the shape of timber. 



But, as has been said, the co-operation of the people, the 

 municipalities and State officials is not sufficient. The 

 Middle Western States must have the help of the federal 

 government, as they received in the highways program. 

 With this firmly established, the reforestation problem is 

 solved, and future generations will be amply provided for. 



A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHAT CAN BE DONE 



This view of the woodland on the Indiana State Forest Reserve shows second growth of white oak and the 

 sturdy planting proves conclusively what careful management and care can accomplish in but a few years. 



T^OR the purpose of laying out summer camp sites in 

 A the northwestern portion of the Olympic National 

 Forest, F. W. Cleator, special landscape officer, has been 

 permanently transferred from the district forester's of- 

 fice in Portland to the local office, according to R. L. 

 Fromme, supervisor of the Olympic National Forest. 



r PHE forests of British Columbia in 1920 yielded prod- 

 ucts to the value of $92,628,807. an increase of $22,- 

 000,000 over 1919. Conservation. 



'T'HE list of men who passed the U. S. Civil Service ex- 

 amination last October for the position of forest 

 ranger on the National Forests of Oregon and Washing- 

 ton has been received at the Portland office of the Forest 

 Service. This is the result of an annual examination held 

 to secure a list of men qualified to become protectors of 

 the timber resources belonging to Uncle Sam in these two 

 states. The 1921 list shows 15 men in Oregon passing 

 the examination and 17 in the State of Washington. 



