﻿Forest, 
  Fish 
  and 
  Game 
  Commission 
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  from 
  the 
  points 
  of 
  utilization 
  and 
  the 
  economical 
  limit 
  will 
  soon 
  

   be 
  reached. 
  The 
  expense 
  of 
  transporting 
  the 
  material 
  long 
  dis- 
  

   tances 
  increases 
  price 
  and 
  thereby 
  insures 
  a 
  ready 
  market 
  for 
  all 
  

   the 
  wood 
  crops 
  that 
  can 
  be 
  produced 
  at 
  home, 
  and 
  furthermore 
  the 
  

   increase 
  in 
  population 
  will 
  result 
  in 
  higher 
  prices 
  for 
  the 
  material 
  

   produced. 
  

  

  The 
  Wood 
  Lot 
  

  

  The 
  small 
  holder 
  is 
  much 
  interested 
  in 
  the 
  small 
  forest 
  often 
  

   called 
  the 
  " 
  wood 
  lot." 
  The 
  combined 
  acreage 
  of 
  these 
  " 
  wood 
  

   lots 
  " 
  in 
  this 
  State 
  is 
  very 
  great 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  estimated 
  at 
  2,267,932 
  

   acres. 
  These 
  lots 
  deserve 
  the 
  most 
  careful 
  attention, 
  care 
  and 
  

   study, 
  not 
  only 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  their 
  aggregate 
  quantity 
  but 
  because 
  

   throughout 
  a 
  large 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  they 
  are 
  practically 
  the 
  only 
  

   existing 
  source 
  of 
  wood 
  material 
  or 
  forest 
  protection. 
  

  

  These 
  facts 
  have 
  been 
  presented 
  generally 
  throughout 
  the 
  State 
  

   by 
  illustrated 
  lectures, 
  but 
  the 
  more 
  important 
  part, 
  the 
  practical 
  

   application, 
  is 
  yet 
  to 
  be 
  done. 
  We 
  need 
  first, 
  sufficient 
  data 
  secured 
  

   by 
  field 
  studies 
  upon 
  which 
  to 
  base 
  recommendations. 
  Second, 
  

   diffusion 
  of 
  this 
  information 
  broadcast 
  over 
  the 
  State. 
  Third, 
  

   practical 
  application 
  of 
  various 
  kinds 
  of 
  forest 
  management 
  in 
  a 
  

   large 
  number 
  of 
  localities. 
  

  

  Hudson 
  Highlands 
  Reservation 
  

   The 
  Legislature 
  of 
  1909 
  passed 
  an 
  act* 
  creating 
  the 
  Highlands 
  

   of 
  the 
  Hudson 
  Reservation. 
  During 
  the 
  year 
  1909 
  a 
  careful 
  forest 
  

   survey 
  of 
  this 
  tract 
  was 
  made 
  and 
  this, 
  together 
  with 
  other 
  facts 
  

   in 
  regard 
  to 
  this 
  locality, 
  was 
  published 
  in 
  our 
  annual 
  report 
  for 
  

   that 
  year. 
  Almost 
  one 
  year 
  after 
  the 
  passage 
  of 
  the 
  act 
  creating 
  

   the 
  Highlands 
  of 
  the 
  Hudson 
  Reservation, 
  chapter 
  360 
  of 
  the 
  

   Laws 
  of 
  1910, 
  repealing 
  the 
  former 
  act, 
  was 
  signed 
  by 
  the 
  Gov- 
  

   ernor, 
  and 
  chapter 
  361 
  approved 
  by 
  the 
  Governor 
  the 
  same 
  day, 
  

   placed 
  the 
  jurisdiction 
  of 
  this 
  property 
  under 
  the 
  Palisades 
  Inter- 
  

   state 
  Park 
  Commission. 
  

  

  * 
  Chapter 
  463, 
  of 
  the 
  Laws 
  of 
  1909. 
  

  

  