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In New York thousands upon thousands of people visit 

 the splendid Forest Preserve in the Adirondack 

 and Catskill Mountains, or spend their vacation 

 time camping and canoeing in such surroundings 

 as the St. Lawrence -"Reservation. These and a 

 score of other great tracts of the Country* s 

 loveliest wild scenery are now preserved and 

 free for the enjoyment of the people. Some 

 twenty-two states now have within themr borders 

 forest reservations, scenes, of natural "beauty and 

 places of historic interest made safe for the 

 xaommon advantage hy public ownership in 

 perpetuity. 



Smaller woodla nd flx sflfi - 



Of lesser extent, and nearer to the 

 city-folk, are such wooded areas as the 

 Palisades Interstate Park in New York, the 

 reservations of the Metropolitan Park system 

 in Massachusetts, and the Cook County Forest 

 Preserve near Chicago. Montreal has the lofty 

 wooded crags of her Mount Royal, Detroit has 

 the open forest of Belle Isle, and Baltimore, 

 the shady glades of Druid Hill. 



The growing popularity and use . 



Moreover, the growing popularity of 



all these national, state and smaller reserva- 



