THE XATIOXAL FOREST RESERVES 



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Millions of acres. 

 10 20 30 40 50 60 



WOODLAND. 



Diagram illustrating relative areas of forest, woodland, trooless. and improved land in 



the western states. 



Ill the table and (Uagrani the whole of each state and territory 

 Avas considered, but since from 3 to 50 per cent or even more of 

 the area of these states and territories has been disi)osed of, the 

 general public, as the owners of the remainder, are more imme- 

 diately concerned with that part which is still vacant. Tiie. /'<//- 

 loirlni, table gives the amount of vacant land in each of Instates 

 and territories, Kansas being omitted as having a very small area 

 of i)ul)lic lan.l. while Indian Territory is not considered, from the 



