ROOSEVELT ON WILD LIFE INVESTIGATION 



" There must be ample research in the laboratory in order even to present 

 those problems, not to speak of solving them, and there can be no laboratory 

 study without the accumulation of masses of dry facts and specimens. 



" I also mean that from now on it is essential to recognize that the best 

 scientific men must largely work in the great out-of-doors laboratory of 

 nature. It is only such outdoors work which will give us the chance to 

 interpret aright the laboratory observations." 



Theodore Roosevelt. 



THE RELATION OF FORESTS AND FORESTRY TO HUMAN 



WELFARE 



" Forests are more than trees. They are rather land areas on which are 

 associated various forms of plant and animal life. The forester must deal 

 with all. Wild life is as essentially and legitimately an object of his care as 

 are water, wood, and forage. Forest administration should be planned with 

 a view to realizing all possible benefits from the land areas handled. It 

 should take account of their indirect value for recreation and health as well as 

 their value for the production of salable material; and of their value for 

 the production of meat, hides, and furs of all kinds as well as for the 

 production of wood and the protection of water supplies. 



" Unquestionably the working out of a program of wild life protection 

 which will give due weight to all the interests affected is a delicate task. 

 It is impossible to harmonize the differences between the economic, the 

 esthetic, the sporting, and the commercial viewpoint. Nevertheless, the 

 practical difficulties are not so great as they appear on the surface." 



Henry S. Graves, 



Former Chief Forester, U. S. Forest Service. 



Recreation, Vol. 52, p. 236, 1915. 



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