INTRODUCTION xxiii 



Many of the beautiful National Parks that have 

 been created by Congress are either entirely or 

 partly surrounded by one or more of the National 

 Forests. These parks are a Mecca to which hun- 

 dreds of thousands of our people make their annual 

 pilgrimage. Most of these parks are already fa- 

 mous for their scenery, and, in consequence, the 

 National Forests surrounding them have received 

 greater patronage and fame. The Glacier Na- 

 tional Park in Montana, the Yellowstone in Wy- 

 oming, the Rocky Mountain in Colorado, the 

 Mount Rainier in Washington, the Crater Lake in 

 Oregon, the Wind Cave in South Dakota, and the 

 Lassen Peak Volcanic Park, the Yosemite, General 

 Grant, and Sequoia parks in California, are all sit- 

 uated in the heart of the National Forest region. 



The highest and best-known mountain peaks in 

 the United States are either located within or situ- 

 ated near the National Forests, as, for example, 

 Rainier and Olympus in Washington; Hood, 

 Baker, St. Helens, Jefferson, and Adams in Ore- 

 gon; Shasta, Lassen, and Whitney in California; 

 and Pikes Peak in Colorado. 



Then there are the National Monuments, of 



