80 TIMBEK OF THE EDWAEDS PLATEAU OF TEXAS. 



hills. Cooperation with individual owners fails to meet the needs 

 here. Nothing short of absolute ownership and nianag-ement by the 

 State will suffice. 



In Bulletin -iT of the Bureau of Forestry the writer has discussed 

 more fully the question of the relation of the State of Texas to its for- 

 ests. Without repeating what was said there, it may be remarked 

 that the present is a rather auspicious time and the water supply of 

 the Edwards Plateau a practical opportunity for the State to enter 

 upon a policy of forest management in the interests of its people. We 

 ma}^, in conclusion, refer to the possibilities of water storage in canyon 

 reservoirs on the margin of the plateau overlooking the Coast Plain as 

 a field for further activity by the State, analogous to the recently 

 adopted comprehensive irrigation policy of the National Government. 



