Courtesy U. S. Forest Service 
Forest Scene, SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS 
; Who can overestimate the value of a nation’s forests? They supply 
timber, control the run-off of spring flood waters, temper the climate 
and in countless ways add immeasurably to the comfort and happiness 
= — people. In the words of John Muir, ‘They are truly fountains 
of life.” 
