The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-01-04
FORESTRY DISTRICT
FOR THREE STATES
HEADQUARTERS TO BE ESTAB-
LISHED FOR NEW AREA JAM
UARY 2 IN MADISON, VISION
SINS UPERVISOR HAMEL
STATES

| Creation Of new national forest
/ district to embrace Minnesota, Wis
consin and Michigan and eventual
acquisition as national forest land of
an additional 2,500,000 acres within
the area for reforestation has been
approved by w. NJ Jardine, secretary
of agriculture, it was announced last
night in Washington.
| The purchase program. will involve
the expenditure of more than. SC, OOO, 600
in federal funds. Temporary head
| quarters will be established at Madi-
son, Wisconsin.
The new district, to be known as ma
tlonal forest district No. 8, already
contains 10 national forest units with
nearly 100000 acres OF, government
land. The plan for its development
comedies with policy already start
ed, according to Supervisor A. G..
Hamel for Superior National Forest,
unit of the new district.
In recognition of the acute need
| which exists in the new district for
the reclamation of large areas of land
| adapted to timber production but at
present denuded and unproductive,
the national forest reservation COM
mission has approved the proposal to
acquire the additional acreage to be
| reforested under federal supervision.
One of the most serious problems in
northern Minnesota at the present
time is the cutover land which has
become tax delinquent. AS a result,
counties have lost much of their form
er revenue.
In addition to an active reforestation
program and acquisition of additional
acreage, already under way in Super
ior National Forest, MIR. Hamel has
proposed:
Setting aside approximately 1000
square miles within the forest as
wilderness area, in which canoe travel
will be supreme.
Development of the AGRA from a re-
giOnal rather than a community
standpoint.
Preservation of shore line timber on
all lakes and stream shores
Classification of various areas for
public, semipublic and private use.
Leasing of cabin and resort sites
within classified areas.
Greater development than ever be-
fore of the forest as a recreati0nal
playground.
An enlarged fire prevention program
and education of the public on fire
prevention.
Development of gigantic referest-
alton program would eventually make
all of the cutover land again produc-
tive, placing it on the county tax rolls
and creating new industry. In the
meantime, Mr. Hamel declared that
development of the forest area as
recreational attraction will provide a
substantial county income, as 35 per
cent of all cabin site and resort leases
is paid to the counties in which the
area is located.
The lake states of Minnesota, Wis
cons1n and Michigan formerly were
included in national forest district No.
2, with headquarters at Denver. The
proposed extension of publicly owned
forest lands and the possibilities for
development of forest resources repre-
sented by the vast acreage of privately
owned forest lands in the region have
made more direct supervision desir-
able.
Appointment of Early w. Tinker as
district forester in charge of the new
lake states district was announced
Saturday by Secretary Jardine. He
will take up his duties January 2,
establishing temporary district head
quarters at Madison.
AS assistant director forester of the
district No. 2, Tinker has supervised