346 OUR FEDERAL LANDS 



public enjoyment are largely confined to the national 

 parks, the national monuments, the national for- 

 ests, the national bird and game reservations, the 

 unallotted Indian lands, and restricted areas of the 

 unreserved and unappropriated lands of the public 

 domain west of the looth meridian, that is, a line 

 drawn south through the Dakotas. Other classes of 

 Federal lands, while they may be of value for recrea- 

 tion, cannot be used for such purposes or the values, 

 if possible of development, are not of national im- 

 portance but of sectional or local significance, de- 

 manding development by the states or minor political 

 units. 



"Nevertheless the Federal recreation resources 

 of national significance are of supreme importance 

 for they are unique and generally of a character 

 that complement but do not duplicate the recreation 

 resources possible or under development by states, 

 counties or municipalities. The Federal lands of na- 

 tional significance from a recreational standpoint 

 are the wilderness areas of the high mountain 

 ranges, restricted areas of the plains and the arid 

 deserts of the West; the headwaters of the Missis- 

 sippi, and the highlands of the northern and south- 

 ern Appalachians, and of the Ozarks of the South. 

 These are the lands now generally included in the 

 national forests and parks, or passed over in the 

 rapid exploitation of the public domain. 



"Cities can make possible adequate playgrounds 

 and parks to meet local needs, and counties and 



