SURVEY QUESTIONS 



What are the chief economic values of forests ? How are trees able to 

 affect the climate ? What do we mean by conservation ? Do we speak of 

 the conservation of human life ? What agencies in your community and 

 in the nation are working for the conservation of our natural resources ? 



UNIT XVII 



HOW DOES MAN CONSERVE HIS NATURAL 

 RESOURCES? 



Preview. No one who has ever read Joyce Kilmer's poem en- 

 titled " Trees " can ever forget what a tree meant to him. And 

 no one who has ever hiked through a forest of yellow pine or red- 

 wood can forget the majesty of those tree companions. Those 

 of us who have been brought up in New England can never forget 

 our days in the woods or the wonderful elms lining the roadways 

 along which we went to school. 



Trees are not only beautiful, but they mean a great deal to 

 man's welfare because they influence the climate, give homes to 



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