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life If, without being impertinent, I might make some- 

 expression of my hopes, it would be that this commemorative influ- 

 ence of Roosevelt might spread far beyond New York and New 

 England into those States of unappreciated natural beauty, Georgia, 

 Alabama and Louisiana, in time to save their splendid magnolia 

 forests from destruction." 



That the Station should not be limited to New York State is the 

 opinion expressed by many persons who are unaware that this fea- 

 ture is already provided for by law. 



An editorial in Forest and Stream reads thus : 



" Three years ago the authorities of the ( New York State College 

 of Forestry submitted to Colonel Theodore Roosevelt plans for an 

 inquiry into the wild life of the New York forests, and received the 

 promise of Mr. Roosevelt's hearty support and that of a number 

 of his friends and associates. The establishment of the Roosevelt 

 Wild Life Forest Experiment Station marks the first active step 

 in a movement .... likely to go far in the United States. 

 . . . . The work of the Roosevelt Experiment Station will thus 

 consist of experiment, investigation, and general research into the 

 wild life which occupies millions of acres of land and water. . . . 

 For some years work of this character has been urged upon the 

 Interior Department, and in a tentative way has even been under- 

 taken by the, National Parks Service The work that such 



an experiment station may do is almost limitless, and its possibili- 

 ties are as yet quite beyond the range of our imagination." (Vol. 

 8c),,p. 409, August, 1919). 



In concluding this brief account of the history of this Roosevelt 

 Memorial, too much emphasis cannot be put upon its unique fea- 

 tures. It is the only existing Memorial that has been built upon 

 a plan that had Theodore Roosevelt's personal approval. There is 

 unanimous agreement among those who were closest to Roosevelt, 

 and who shared his interests in wild life, that this is the most appro- 

 priate kind of Memorial to him. The State of New York is the 

 guardian or trustee of this Memorial, has made a comprehensive 

 plan for its future development, and now awaits the execution of this 

 plan in a manner worthy of her greatest citizen. 



