WHY FOREST CONSERVATION IS 



NECESSARY y 



THE beauty and indirect benefits peculiar to forests would 

 be sufficient argument for their conservation, yet one 

 of the most distinguished American economists states that 

 " The Civilization of North America is founded upon wood." 

 Ninety-five per cent of the uses to which forest products are 

 put must be classified as necessities of life. From the cradle 

 to the coffin we are surrounded by them. Some idea of the 

 service forests render to our national economy will be appa- 

 rent from the following paragraphs. 



WOOD PRODUCTS / 



We are dependent upon wood, in one form or another, for 

 our very existence. We never have been able to do without 

 wood and never can. History proves this. 



STREAMFLOW REGULATION 



It addition to furnishing an endless variety of essential 

 wood products, forests are needed to regulate streamflow. 

 We can not have a fresh, uniform and dependable supply of 

 water unless the watersheds of our streams and rivers are 

 clothed with forests. 



RECREATION 



Forests are needed for recreational and health purposes 

 such as camping, hunting, fishing, canoeing, hiking, etc. 

 The American people demand such diversions and require 

 the physical benefits of nature's great sanitarium, the forests. 



NEED FOR FORESTRY 



If we are to have forests, we must practice forestry. 

 But we have not practiced it in this country, consequently 

 we are in the following serious situations : 



We have cut or burned over 5/6 of our original timber 

 area; 3/5 of the timber we once had is gone. Every year 

 we are using and destroying timber more than four times 

 as fast as it grows. 



New York, formerly a great lumber producing state, now 

 grows only 1/20 of the amount it consumes. The people of 

 the state use more wood products and have more wood- 

 using industries than any other state. They depend on 



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