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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



BY AUTO, RAIL, HORSE, FOOT OR CANOE 



By H. N. Wheeler 



Ricling tke Tide 



Gee ! but it's great to be footloose and free again ; 



Far from the din and the turmoil and grind ; 

 Seeing the things I've been wanting to see again ; 



Finding the peace I've been hoping to find ! 

 Wearing the duds I've been wanting to wear again ; 



Doing the things I've been yearning to do; 

 Knowing no worry or trouble or care again - 



Riding the tide in a birch bark canoe ! 



RUGGED, white-capped mountain peaks, deep, rock- 

 bound canyons, dashing waterfalls, lakes of deepest 

 blue, perpetual fields of ice and snow, swift running 

 streams where lie gamy trout, pine-clad hills, quiet, shady 

 nooks, highly colored wild flowers and beautiful song 

 birds attract to the fifteen National Forests in Colorado 

 of District Two, each year thousands to the outdoor life 

 they crave. 



The Colorado, Pike and San Isabel National Forests 

 along the front range are easily reached by train and by 

 auto, but beyond these are other Forests where thousands 

 of delightful spots beckon the traveler. The auto gypsy 

 reaches many of these 

 places, but pack trips on 

 the San Juan, Uncom- 

 ])ahgre. Battlement, Rio 

 Grande, Cochetopa, Holy 

 Cross, Gunnison, White 

 River and Montezuma take 

 one into real solitudes. 



In the San Juan region of 

 the Uncompahgre and San 

 Juan Forests, tremendous 

 l)eaks, spires and massive 

 mountains of vari-colored 

 rock stand out in bold re- 

 lief, and attractive water- 

 falls dash down their .rug 

 ged slopes. 



The Leadville, contain- 

 ing the second highest 

 peak in the United States, 

 Routt and Arapaho Forests 

 are partly accessible by 

 auto or may be covered by 

 pack outfit, but are best 

 seen by those who travel on 

 foot. 



Five of the Forests in 

 Wyoming are under the di- 

 rection of District Two. 

 The Hayden and Medicine 

 Bow in the southern part, 

 the Washakie and Sho- ' 



shone in the northwest and the Bighorn in the north 

 central part of the State with their extensive virgin for- 

 ests, lakes and streams teeming with trout, lofty peaks 

 and deep canyons lure the lover of the great out-of- 

 doors. 



The Black Hills of South Dakota, containing the 

 Harney and Black Hills National Forests, is a beauty 

 spot that acts as a lodestone for many a weary traveler 

 seeking the cool of the mountain lands combined with 

 the green of the pines and spruces. Here are unexplored 



again. 



Sweet to my ears is the dip of the oars again. 



As through the waters I gladsomely skip ; 

 Great to be here in God's world the outdoors 



Feeling the zest and the sparkle and zip ! 

 Smelling the perfume of balsam and pine again ; 



Knowing the old thrill of living anew ; 

 Draining the cup of the joys that are mine again 



Riding the tide in a birch bark canoe ! 



Gee ! but it's great to know pleasures like these again ; 



Far from the struggle and bustle and strife; 

 Feeling the tingling whip of the breeze again ; 



Drinking deep gulps of the ozone of life! 

 Here in the land of content, and real joy again, 



Underneath skies that are smilingly blue ; 

 Youth has come back I'm a light-hearted boy again 



Riding the tide in a birch bark canoe! 



J.\MES Edward Hungerford. 



caves, beautiful mountain streams, picturesque lakes and 

 even rugged rock pinnacles, all easily accessible to the 

 automobilist. 



The Michigan National Forest, partly in the upper 

 and partly in the lower peninsula of the State, near the 

 more densely populated portions of the middle west, 

 draws thousands of visitors who find rest and quiet or 

 a chance to fish and hunt. 



Minnesota is blessed with two National Forests, the 

 Minnesota and Superior. In the Minnesota National 

 Forest, the Mississippi River. Cass, Winnibigoshish and 

 many smaller lakes attract thousands of people each year 



^^^ who come by auto or train 



to fish or bathe in their 

 clear waters, or spend a few 

 weeks in summer homes or 

 in boys' or girls' camps. 

 But the Superior National 

 Forest, containing more 

 than a million acres of 

 timber, lakes and streams 

 along the Canadian border, 

 opposite the Quetico For- 

 est Reserve of Canada, is 

 truly the vacationists' para- 

 dise. A few miles from 

 settlement and you come 

 to a real wilderness where 

 bear, deer and that mon- 

 arch of all North American 

 game animals, the bull 

 moose, are frequently seen 

 and beaver are so tame as 

 to be easily photographed. 

 Canoe trips, hundreds of 

 miles in length, may be 

 taken without once return- 

 ing to civilization, and fish, 

 lake trout, pickerel, wall- 

 eyed pike and the mighty 

 muskellunge are caught 

 with little effort. 



Nebraska National For- 

 est, a broad stretch of never 

 ending sand hills, being converted by planting operations 

 of the United States Forest Service, into a beautiful and 

 valuable timber land, is unique and interesting. 



From the Montezuma and San Juan in southwestern 

 Colorado to the Shoshone on the north in Wyoming, 

 embracing the whole stretch of the mighty Rockies, the 

 Black Hills of South Dakota, the sand hills of Nebraska 

 and those gems in northern Minnesota and Michigan 

 are lands belonging to the people of the United States. 

 Thev are valuable for their economic uses, but thev are 



