fore they rot, the trees that are left can ^row faster. Harvesting trees 

 properly, he claims, need not hiar the beauty of the landscape. 



Livestock grazing in the forest also has its good side as well as its 

 bad. Any of you who have seen noun ta-ins ides laid bare, and water polluted, 

 and camp grounds damaged by livestdck, on hot and hasty first thought may con- 

 demn the whole idea of using any part of our forests for livestock. However, 

 there are millions of acres in the ^est which produce valuable forage that in 

 many cases can be used without harm to either the recreational or aesthetic 

 values. In fact, lir. Parkinson reminds us that grazing cattle often draw our 

 attention to beautiful mountain meadows, and bands of well-managed sheep graz- 

 ing peacefully on the slopes add life to our mountain scenery. 



Some folks, ho'vever, prefer wilds wild and would even shut hunters out 

 of the forests. And, the ruthless destruction of big gome ho.s brought about 

 the closing of large areas to hunting. Yet even that sort of protection has 

 its dangers. Game must eat. Their range can not be overstocked without damage 

 Regulated use of surplus gar.ie is absolutely essential, lir. Parkinson declares. 

 Otherwise, he say's, herds of wild gar.ie mny grow so large that they will suffer 

 from shortages of food, reduction in the rate of increase, and from disease. 

 So you see even the wild life must bo managed properly to keep our forests in 

 best shape for their fullest enjoyment. 



As this forest spccioJist points out, a scientific interest in making 

 trees grow better and faster, rnd an understanding of the difference between 

 wise use and useless waste, really brings an added iDleasure to forest recrea- 

 tion. 



SpenJcing of things not being always so simple as they seem, reminds me 

 of what another forester says about restoring forest Ir-nd to forests.- 



Some of i.iy friends seen to think that reforestation of land that has 

 been deforested by fire or whp.tnot is a simple matter. They would probably 

 be interested very much in hearing what this Mr. L. S. Gross, of our eastern 

 forests region, has to say on that score. Tliey would find that there is more 

 to forest planting than merely sticking trees in the ground. He says that in 

 many cases in our eastern and southern national forests » repeated fires have 

 destroyed seed trees and reproduction and seriously lowered the productive 

 capacity of the soil. Under such conditions, such weeds as pin cherry, her- 

 cules club, sassafras, and scrub orJk often cover such areas, and briars, annual 

 weeds, grasses, ferns, and mosses a.re abundant. 



Of course, under such circumstances, Nature left to herself won't re- 

 forest the land with va.luable tinber trees, because the seed trees are lacking 

 and the seed bed is unsuitp.blc. 



Of course, any reforestation program calls for an adequate supply of 

 seed. And right there the practical forester often runs into trouble. Many 

 of our species of trees grow over a wide geographic range. You might think 

 that seed from that same kind of tree would be all right to use anywhere that 

 kind of tree grows. 



However, Ilr. Gross tells me that it has been proved that seed from the 

 southern part of the rr'ngo of a certain kind of tree is not suited for use for 

 planting in a decidedly more severe climate.- For that reason, seed must be 



