Good recreation plans are an important corollary 
need. ‘They are essential to the sound develop- 
ment and proper distribution of facilities and- will 
enable better integration of national-forest recrea- 
tion with that on nearby private lands. 
There is also growing need for better correla- 
tion of recreation with other forest uses. This 
stems from intensified and often competing forest 
uses. Pressures to open up wilderness and other 
recreation areas on national forests for timber 
cutting illustrates the potential conflicts which 
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already loom. Moreover, some. recreation uses 
compete with each other. These conflicts, al- 
though not now serious, will assume greater im- 
portance as the demand for forest recreation in- 
creases. 
Forests and Wildlife 
Wildlife, closely identified with recreation, is 
as much a part of the forest as the trees. About 
95 percent of America’s big-game animals—deer, 
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VISITS (MILLIONS) 
em ees §=Picnicking 
<n Camping 
\., e— (esTiMareD) ——x 
35 "40 45 50 1955 
em=semmem Winter sports 
Resorts, organization camps, summer homes 
Ficure 21.—Trends in some recreational uses, national forests, 1912-46, and estimates for 1947—55. 
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