80 TIMBER OF THE EDWARDS PLATEAU OF TEXAS. 



hills % Cooperation with individual owners fails to meet the needs 

 here. Nothing short of absolute ownership and management by the 

 State will suffice. 



In Bulletin 47 of the Bureau of Forestry the writer has discussed 

 more fully (ho question of the relation of the State of Texas to its for- 

 ests. Without repeating what was said there, it may be remarked 

 that the present is a rather auspicious time and the water supply of 

 the Edwards Plateau a practical opportunity for the State to enter 

 upon a policy of forest management in the interests of its people. We 

 may, in conclusion, refer to the possibilities of water storage in canyon 

 reservoirs on the margin of the plateau overlooking the Coast Plain as 

 a field for further activity by the State, analogous to the recently 

 adopted comprehensive irrigation policy of the National Government. 



