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response to the Conservation agitation. 



National Parks 



The administration of Presidents 

 Harrison and Cleveland had accomplished the setting 

 aside of some 17,000,000 acres of forest land as an 

 initial step, but under the stimulus of the Conser- 

 vation movement in President Rooseveltfs time, the 

 national reservations were augmented to 150,000,000 

 acres. From that time on, al£© an appreciation 

 at least of the recreational value of forests has 

 been increasingly manifested by the public and the 

 state. The national government through the 

 national Park Service and the Forest Service is 

 developing the National Parks and National Forests 

 to the greatest possible extent as recreational 

 centers and is finding that they plajr an important 

 part in the lives of the people. 



State Parks and Reservations. 



With similar enthusiasm there has been 

 carried out the creation and organization of 

 State forest reservations. Michigan has its 

 Interlochen Park and numerous others reserves 



administered under the park and forestry commission 

 law. # 



# Michigan -Act 218 Public let 1919. 



