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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION. 



August, 



3. The land in question contains many 

 fine lakes and streams, and will, if ad- 

 ministered as a forest reserve, prove 

 valuable also as a fish and game pre- 

 serve. 



4. The educational effect of such a 

 reserve would be useful in promoting 

 forest economy in this state. 



5. I have been reflecting upon this 

 matter for over a year. I have also seen 

 occasional expressions in the public press 

 favoring a forest reserve, to include some 

 of the highlands north of Lake Superior. 

 I have examined the government plats 

 of all the surveyed lands in Minnesota 

 north of Lake Superior, and those herein 

 contained are about the only lands that 

 are available from being vacant. This 

 is the only opportunity (outside of In- 

 dian reservations) of securing a number 

 of townships in a body in this state for 

 a forest reserve. Of course, it is under- 

 stood that the state of Minnesota is en- 

 titled to sections 16 and 36 in each town- 

 ship as school lands ; also that the state 

 will have a right to any swamp lands 

 there ma}^ be in either township ; also, 

 should any of the reserve be found to be 

 good agricultural land, I, for one, would 

 expect that the law would be made to 

 permit, if it does not now permit, the 

 use of such lands for agricultural pur- 

 poses. I do not expect the reserve to 



be a wilderness, nor to shut out any 

 necessary means of communication. 

 Very truly yours, 



C. C. Andrews, 

 Ch icf ( Forest ) Fire Warden . 



The accompanying outline map of 

 northeastern Minnesota shows the loca- 

 tion of the proposed Lake Superior 

 Forest Reserve. 



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National Imga- The Secretar}- of the 

 tion Projects, Interior, after consul- 

 tation with the officials 

 of the Geological Survey, under whose 

 active charge the national irrigation 

 work is being conducted, has ordered 

 additional lands in six states withdrawal 

 from settlement, in accordance with the 

 provisions of the irrigation bill, pending 

 a careful survey of the proposed reser- 

 voir sites and canal routes. The lands 

 withdrawn lie within the states of Colo- 

 rado, Wyoming, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, 

 and California. 



It was considered important in ad- 

 vance of definite surveys to make with- 

 drawals of a sufficient amount of land 

 to include all of the proposed irrigation 

 works and their ramifications, as w^ell 

 as the lands affected. Selections have 

 been, made in advance in a somewhat 

 liberal manner, in order to allow the 



VIEW ALONG THE I^OWER COLORADO RIVER, SHOWING PUBLIC LANDS WITHDRAWN PENDING 



SURVEY OF RESERVOIR SITES. 



