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vide that in these regions there shall be estabhshed 

 three or four state parks ranging in area from 6,000 

 to 10,000 acres. These would contribute a charm of 

 wild, natural playgrounds in the big woods. In ad- 

 dition, appeals are being made to villages, cities and 

 counties in all parts of the state to preserve spots pos- 

 sessing real scenic interest, such as waterfalls, gorges, 

 wooded river valleys and sections of inland lakes, as 

 well as spots of historic interest, by transforming 

 them into public parks. The idea is that the state 

 shall acquire large parks only and that counties and 

 municipalities shall provide the small parks that are 

 desirable or necessary. 



As part of the work necessary to re-beautify Wis- 

 consin, the program provides for planting native trees 

 along both sides of the many hundreds of miles of 



lined highways. In several parts of the state this 

 work has already been initiated. 



In the Interest of Anglers and Hunters 



Radical measures in the interest of anglers and 

 hunters are advocated. It is proposed, for example, 

 to require every resident adult male fisherman to pay 

 a license of $1 a year, which would provide a fund of 

 at least $300,000 annually, and to use this money ex- 

 clusively for the propagation, planting and protection 

 of fish. In this way the number of fish in Wisconsin 

 waters could be multiplied and unsurpassed sport be 

 insured in the future. It is proposed, moreover, to 

 devote the large income derived from hunting licenses, 

 which is now spent for a number of purposes, includ- 

 ing the propagation and protection of fish, to the one 



A ROADSIDE ASSET 

 Forests provide the one way in many parts of the State to make highways, which have cost huge sums, pay dividends. 



To this 



concrete and other highways that have been constructed 

 in the state during recent years. These roads, which 

 represent an outlay of many millions of dollars, are 

 hardly excelled anywhere from a utilitarian point of 

 view, but long stretches of them run through open 

 country and are devoid of shade and beauty. Much 

 stress has systematically been laid upon the fact that 

 tree planting, which would cost the merest fraction 

 of the cost of constructing these roads, would make 

 them as pleasing to the eye as they are to the body 

 and would give Wisconsin thousands of miles of tree- 



object of fostering the interests of hunters, 

 end the program provides for the establishment of 

 wild life refuges, game preserves, breeding grounds for 

 migratory fowl to be used in season as public shoot- 

 ing grounds the propagation of game that can be 

 advantageously raised in this way, Hungarian pheas- 

 ants for instance, and more efficient protection of game. 

 The Tourist Trade Wisconsin's Great Opportunity 



In sum, the out-door program which is being pressed 

 in Wisconsin, with no little success and much proinise, 

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