EXVI - FOREWORD 
states. In or- 
der that the 
State of Maine 
may acquire by 
purchase tracts 
of land suitable 
for reforesta- 
tion I would rec- 
ommend that 
for 1921 and 
1922 the appro- 
priation for 
general forestry 
purposes “be in- 
creased to twen- 
ty thousand dol- 
lars for each 
year, the money 
thus appropri- 
ated to consti- 
tute a perma- 
nent: fund and 
any unexpended 
balance in any 
one year to be 
available in fu- 
ture years. Not 
all of this sum 
would be de- 
MOUNT KATAHDIN. voted to the pur- 
One of Maine’s beauty spots that may be in- chase of lands, 
cluded in a State Forest Reserve. as there are cer- 
Photo by Florence H. Colby. tain other ex- 
penditures for 
general forestry purposes that draw from this fund. But ‘the 
greater part of the appropriation would be available for buying 
land and for reforestation and improvment of any. lands that. may 
be acquired. Public ownership of timberlands should. be-a popular 
measure. with the citizens of Maine, and froma comparatively: small 
beginning we may, hope to_see developed a broad ‘and peritianent 
policy of trequirine lands for the State. santo Yd BSE 
