PROGRESS OF THE PURCHASE OF EASTERN NATIONAL FORESTS 



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sheds without interfering with the use of the land for life, uses which in no way detract from their essential 



timber producing purposes. economic service. 



A further function which can not be measured from There have been located under the Weeks law in nine 



a purely monetary standpoint is the use of the forests States in the very important hardwood and spruce regions 



CUT-OVER SPRUCE FOREST 



This photograph was also made on a tract in the area purchased for National Forests, and is characteristic of the condition 



of cut-over spruce forest. 



for recreational purposes. Rendered accessible by 

 means of roads and bypaths they become public play- 

 grounds. Also certain restricted areas have already been 

 designated as game preserves for the breeding of wild 



of the Appalachians and White Mountains 21 purchase 

 areas, on 17 of which purchases have been authorized by 

 the National Forest Reservation Commission. These 

 purchase areas have an area of nearly 7,000,000 acres, 



