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aeethetio reasons, it is f-orther necessary to reserve narrow 

 strips bordering the important roads leading thru the forest, 

 and to provide other small areas adjoining the roads, trails, 

 streams or lakes, which are suitable for camp grounds by 

 reason of their location or scenic value, 



A limited selection cutting, or an intermediate cutting 

 on a reserved area should not necessarily be forbidden, if, 

 in the Judgment of the forester in charge, it will add to the 

 recreational or scenic value of that area* Frequently a 

 well directed cutting will open up a desirable vista which 

 was hidden from view by the forest, A camp grotind may be 

 made more attractive and useful by an improvement cutting 

 which may clean out, or open up the stand, or remove the 

 crowded and suppressed trees. Thompson I 8 ) reports that 

 on one of the Minnesota State Forests, on Star Island and 

 nearby sections extensively used by tourists, dead and badly 

 diseased timber valued at |37,000 was removed in the winter 

 of 1918. Three' years .later it was difficult to see that 

 any cutting had been made. 



There is one other type of reservation which should be 

 included in the State I'orest, or in any forest where the 

 conservation of wili life is an important feature. A suit- 

 able area should be selected which will provide necessary 

 and favorable conditions for the maintenance of all the forms 

 of wild life which are desired in the forest, or which may 

 be introduced. This area may well be located near the center 

 of the forest, or several sites may be chosen in different 



