Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-18
RECREATION in
FOREST MOST
POPULAR KIND
Uncle Sam Recognizes the
Requirements Of His
Millions

Washington. y. c., Dec. 1i.-"Out-
door recrea ton ranks today as one OF
the major resources or utilities OF tho
National Forests states Col. w. y.
Greeley, chief of the Forest Service.
United States Department of A9ricul-
ture, mot because anything the gov
ernment has done to facilitate or In
crease this form of use. but because OF
| the demonstration belief of several mil
| lion of people that the forrest offer q
| broad and varied field of recreational
opportunities. 10y
The presence of large numbers OF
people favored recreation areas ere
ates." tho forester says, problems OF
santa ton, of public health, and OF
| protection of public property which
can not be safely ignored. Counties.
municipalities. forest recreation as
| sociations and other semi-pub1ic or
ganizations and in some cases indi-
vidual citizens are doing much by gen.
erous donations and constructive plan
| ming to relieve the situation. They
have installed toilets. flre places.
shelters, souces OF water supply, tables
and benches, refuse repositories. park
| ing places. and other almost indispens-
| able facilities.
After the fullest possible co-opera-
| ton has been secured. however, there
will remain many important recreation
areas where action by the government
| will be necessary to preserve public
health and property. Tho government
should install necessary sanitary and
| protective facilities upon camp
| grounds where other means of I'm
provements are unobtainable. The
| estimate submitted of 10000 to meet
| the cost OF work of this kind during
tho. fiscal year 1922 is but 1.-THE of
| the amount needed. but it will pro-
vide for n few OF the most urgent
cases .t
1.-THE presence OF game" the forester
points out, adds to the attractiNeness
OF the National Forests not only TO
hunters but To occupants generally.
aud anything that contributes to the
abundance and variety of game In
crcases the value of tho forests for
public purposes. One of the outstand-
ing requirements FOR the perpetuaticn
! Of tho game resources OF the National
Forests is It considerable number ot
| small. wcll-distrbut 81 game refugees.
Within which the rapidly diminishing
stocks Of valuable mammals and kinds
may rear their young free from mo-
le-tation. thus maintaining upon
tho surrounding lands a normal
overflow or drift to supply
tho hunter. naturalist and low
] or OF tho wild. Tho National
Forests contain many areas remote.
| inaccessible. and largely unsuited for
tho grazing of domestic stock. which
might advantaGeously he devoted to
this purpose. The dedication, of such
| areas to the protection OF game would
purely ~ InNtttcfl lstnu IVan1EF-
mcnt. the states control over the
game being unaffected. Several exsc:-
. lent bills are now pending In con-
gress. A law Of this kind. generally
applicable 10 all National Forests.
should be enacted.
| supplementary TO ths establishment
| or suitably located game refugees which
would serve as breeding places, there
, should ho." declares Col. Greeley.
| definitely formulated plans for wild
lifc administration. Tho animal lIfe of
tho forests-thst is. their native popu-
laticn. beast. bird and fish should be
REGARDED and handled in precisely the
same way as their plant life. their
tree growth and forage growth Tn
der skillful management tho quantity
produced can be Increased. its kind
regulated. and Its most desirable utili.-
alton secured. Tho wild life of tho
forests has various kinds OF values.
material. esthetic. scientific, education
al. An should be recognized. rnreE,i-
lated use means It's impairment: In
! tepSivc use. often its eventual de-
: struction as = resource. Expert knowl-
edge Of all The factors that determine
it's amount and character on = given
area. combined with Just appraisal
OF nil tho human services and values
rcalizable from 1t. are fundamental
requisites for its proper adminis,ra-
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