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re serrations to be used as great playgrounds, the 

 state is fostering a public interest in conservative 

 forestry, besides supplying the oppottunity for 

 healthful out-door recreation so vital to the welfare 

 of the nation. 



Third, use of the forest reservation is 

 becoming more and more general, and statistics point 

 to the fact that the preserves near the great centers 

 of population are proportionally more intensively used 

 The benefits to be derived from the reservations 

 accessible to urban centers are many. Directly, there* 

 is the increased value accruing to surrounding 

 property, the yield of pleasure to those using the 

 reservation and the return that may result from sale 

 of forest supplies and the toll of tourists and 

 visitors. More indirectly, there are such benefits 

 as come from the renown of the district due to its 

 scenery and attractive forest land; the element of 

 permanence provided by the reservations, fixing 

 real estate values; the healthful and educational 

 influence of the forest;aand the fact that by main- 

 tenance of the reservation, the state and nation is 

 benefitting by just that much additional timber supply. 



Examples taken from among the many forests 

 and reservations both in Europe and the United States . 

 s *ow their value as well as illustrating methods of 

 acquisition, financing and organization. It has also 

 *een pointed out how in localities where scenes of 



