AMERICAN FORESTRY 



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CONFERENCE ON STATE PARKS 



The Second National Conference on 

 State parks, which has been called in the 

 interests of State park development by 

 lohn Barton Payne, Chairman of Confer- 

 ence, will be held at the Bear Mountain Inn, 

 Palisades Interstate Park, New York, from 

 May 22 to 25. 1922. 



The First National Conference on State 

 I'arks was h^ld in Ds Moines, Iowa, in 

 lanuary, 1921, and since that time a great 

 ileal has been done in this work. The first 

 meeting awakened a great interest in the 

 movement and the work of the various 

 states has progressed steadily since that 

 time. The importance of a country-wide 

 development of State Parks cannot be over- 

 emphasized. These parks, when well de- 

 veloped, produce revenue, stimulate travel 

 tu and through the state, preserve the beau- 

 tiful native scenery and historical spots, 

 and in many ways react to the benefit of 

 the state. They will especially appeal to 

 the motorist, from the fact that they will 

 make interesting stop-oflF places in con- 

 nection with tours across the country. One 

 ni the features of these parks undoubtedly 

 will be the establishment of free public 

 camps, which have been so popular in the 

 national parks. 

 Two days of the conference will be de- 

 ted to business sessions, while the re- 

 mainder of the time will be utilized by 

 trips of inspection through the Palisades 

 Interstate Park. West Point, a new state 

 highway around Storm King, the New 

 York Zoological Park, and 'the Bronx 

 ''iver Parkway. This will give the dele- 

 tes an excellent opportunity to see the 

 lendid state park development in this sec- 



CAMPING IN STATE FORESTS 



The Department of Forestry will develop 

 thirteen public camp grounds in the 

 State Forests this spring. They will be 

 My equipped for the convenience of carnp- 

 ^ and sportsmen, and will be ready for 

 J when the trout-fishing season opens, 

 ril 15, in Pennsylvania. 

 To promote wider use of the State For- 

 ^ and to encourage out-door recreation 

 Pennsylvania, the Department will pro- 

 le open-front shelters, or lean-tos, stone 

 eplaces, walled-up and covered springs, 

 tnfort stations, and in some instances, 

 iiublic telephones at the various pub- 

 lic camp grounds. Use of the camp 

 .unds will be free, but permits issued 

 the local forest officers will be required 

 len campers occupy a camp for more 

 in two days. 



Nine of the camp grounds will be equip- 

 1 and situated particularly for automo- 

 e tourists who carry their camping out- 

 with them. These camps will be along 



improved State highways. One of them 

 will be developed at Caledonia Park, on 

 the Lincoln highway, between Gettysburg 

 and Chambersburg. Thousands of auto- 

 mobile tourists, many of them campers, 

 motor over that highway to the Battlefield 

 every summer, and it is believed they will 

 use the camp ground maintained by the De- 

 partment. 



Several camps will be off the main high- 

 ways, in the woods, for the accommodation 

 of fishermen and hunters. Other camp 

 grounds will be developed when the De- 

 partment has funds available for the pro- 

 ject. 



"AMERICAN FORESTRY is a very 

 beautiful magazine. I find each copy 'the 

 best copy.' From an artistic point of view 

 I appreciate the cover with its simplicity 

 and (perfect harmony of color and design. 

 And there is so much between the covers 

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 ranged and the valuable information con- 

 tained. It is the 'genuine thing' in my 

 work of teaching camipers the great im- 

 portaince of the splendid work 'of the 

 American Forestry Association, of which 

 I am proud to be a member." 



Mrs. Wilbur F. Crummer. 



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