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 sportsmen and reoreationists are dependant for a large part of their 

 pleasure on the forest and the wild life therein. It is therefore 

 of vital importance to this considerable body of persons to appre- 

 ciate the purpose of forestry, and to become actively interested in 

 the policy of the State toward forests. 



Sportsmen have long been organized thru fish and game protect- 

 ive leagues, with a central organization, and they constitute a 

 powerful force in directing legislative matters relating to fish 

 and game. The Audtibon Societies and other similar organizations 

 of long standing which have a separate and distinct purpose, are 

 affectively influential in their field. So too are the organizat- 

 ions composed largely of timber land owners and those directly in- 

 terested in lumber production, but their interest has been directed 

 mainly toward lumber production. From still another angle the 

 summer camp tourists and reoreationists have begun to form associa- 

 tions, and a national federation of outdoor clubs has recently 

 been inaugurated which promises to become a powerful organixation 

 because of /broad interests and the large number of persons inter- 

 ested in the promotion of its aims. 



These several types of organizations along with others not 

 specifically listed, axe in one way or another all interested in 

 the perpetuation and right use of forests and are serving a use- 

 ful purpose. But to bring about the objects that they have in 

 ooramon, there is needed better coordination of effort than exists 

 at present. What is required as an effective medium thru which 

 all can cooperate. Such a common meeting ground is afforded by 

 a properly const itued State Forestry Association, for inasmuch 

 as forestry is concerned with each of these special interests, an 



