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 the mystery of the woods is unravelled under 

 auspices calculated to restore bodily vigor and 

 sow the seeds of spiritual exaltation". 

 Ihere forestry an d re cre ation meet . 



By way of summary it may serve to repeat 

 that it is in no way unreasonable to expect a forest 

 to serve more than one purpose and in some cases, a 

 woodland reservation may be quite efficiently managed 

 for all three uses of protection, supply and recrea- 

 tion. In an article entitled "Where Fore sty and 

 RecreAtion Meet", C.J.Stahl explaining how from 

 earliest times, forests have been chosen as pleasure 

 grounds, goes on to say "while the characteristic 

 American habit of profit-making seems now to have 

 become the principal and controlling element in 

 management of both public and private forests, a 

 change in the program is due. Visitors are coming 

 to the National Forests, solely for pleasure and 

 recreation by the millions, and in semi-arid regions 

 every little grove is eagerly sought. Often a 

 very ordinary clump of cotton woods along a stream 

 is a popular picnic ground. With better roads and 

 automobile transportation, the more extensive and attrac- 

 tive timbered lands are now accesible. The 

 influence which freest s have upon climate and 

 stream flow is recognized. Ihy not the influence 

 upon pubic health, morals and education? The 



