150 APPENDIX. 



1. Name and address of applicant. 

 -. Occupation of applicant. 



3. Number, size and character of buildings. This statement should 

 be quite in detail. 



4. Use of buildings if constructed. 



5. Necessity or explanation of reason for such buildings. 



6. Amount of land desired in connection with the proposed buildings. 



7. Period of years for which the land is wanted for this purpose. 



8. Price offered by applicant for use of the land and the privileges 

 sought. 



Generally permits for privileges of this kind will be granted only 

 where it shall appear perfectly clear that the safety of the forest cover 

 will in nowise suffer through the occupancy of the land for the purpose 

 under consideration. 



VI. TRAVEL OVER THE RESERVES AND CAilPIXG OX RESERVE LANDS. 



All law-abiding people shall be permitted to travel in Forest Reserves 

 for purposes of surveying, to go to and from their own lands or claims, 

 and for pleasure or recreation. 



But in every case the person or persons so traveling, camping, etc., 

 must obey the i*ules established by the Forestry Commission for Forest 

 Reserves, and particularly will they be expected to refrain fromi doing 

 anything which may result in inJTiry to the forests. See information 

 concerning fire. 



\II. GRAZING IN THE STATE FOREST RESERVES. 



The jMichigan Forestry Commission is charged, by law, with the duty 

 of protecting and preserving the forest cover and of providing for the 

 reforestation of the denuded lands of the Reserves. To do this effect- 

 ively, it is necessary to protect the forest not only against fire, but also 

 against any other injury. Among the agents which injure the forest, 

 grazing by cattle, horses and other live stock is one of the most serious 

 unless properly regulated and restricted. 



It is true that cattle may at times do a great deal of good in keeping 

 the crops of grasses and sedges closely eaten off: and thus actually assist 

 in the protection of these lands. The removal of the grass prevents the 

 accumulation of dead grass and other readily inflammable material, and 

 thus the Are finds less food, is less able to run, and is more easily 

 checked. But there is danger of over-estimating the good effects and of 

 under-estimating the bad effects of grazing. These latter are involved in 

 all cases of grazing. All kinds of stock are obliged to travel, and in so 

 doing trample thousands of young trees, either killing them ovitright or 

 crippling the small plants and preventing them from ever growing into 

 valuable timber. But this is not all; during early spring when green 

 feed is still scarce, and during dry seasons when feed is short, hard to 

 find and of poor quality, nearly all stock is driven to browsing, and in 

 this process the young forest tree, still a bush in size and appearance, is 

 sure to suffer, as well as the less valuable willow and other shrub. 



This kind of injury is worse with sheep and goats than with cattle 

 and the grazing of sheep and goats should be, for this reason, more re- 



