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existing personnel for this one aspect of modern forest management, but it 

 falls far short of satisfying rapidly growing demand. 



Most of the existing campground developments on the national forests 

 have been made during the 5 years since the CCC and other emergency proj- 

 ects began in 1933. H,ere is a short list of the principal installations to date: 



Stoves, grates, cooking and heating fireplaces, and barbecue pits . . . 21, 196 



Campground toilets of all types 7,673 



Garbage cans, pits, and trash incinerators 11, 255 



Campground tables and benches 31, 603 



Springs, wells, reservoirs, and pipe-line systems 2, 859 



Amphitheatres (seating capacity 11,565) 46 



Campfire circles 1, 783 



Buildings and shelters of all kinds 1,093 



Automobile parking areas, car capacity 48, 553 



At present the total number of developed camp and picnic grounds, 

 large and small, in all of the national forests is 3,819. These will accom- 

 modate 240,000 persons at one time, but they do not carry present seasonal 

 loads, which in the 1938 season amounted to just under 11,000,000 visits. 

 On Sundays and holidays, many campgrounds are hopelessly overcrowded. 



Development of additional campgrounds and the installation of neces- 

 sary facilities are urgently needed to keep pace with the annual increase 

 in use. If campground use should double or perhaps treble within the 

 next 10 years, as now seems probable, either large numbers of campers 

 will have to be turned away, inadequately served, or the campground- 

 improvement program must be expanded. 



The original charge of the Forest Service was simple and strictly 

 practical. New needs have arisen to press hard and broaden the concept 

 of what national forests can and must yield, from the standpoint of "the 

 greatest good for the greatest number in the long run," on a hard-boiled 

 and thrifty basis — multiple use. 



Our national forests still report to the people largely in terms of cash 

 income. They are producing units. These increasing recreational tides do 

 bring in some revenue from charges for special services, but it is the barest 

 dribble to the forests' funds, direct. Tourists and campers bring money, 

 and money badly needed in the main, into a multitude of communities 

 roundabout; but little or nothing that a forest officer can enter on the 



