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Identifier: annualreport131415190newy (find matches)
Title: Annual report
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: New York (State). Forest, Fish and Game Commission
Subjects: Forests and forestry Fisheries Game and game-birds
Publisher: (Albany, N.Y. : The Commission)
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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of the forestedarea left, when the trees are gone the soil will go, and on such sterile landreforestation cannot take place naturally, nor can it be artificially reforested.We could build a canal most any time, but we cannot replace the lost soil.This State should by constitutional amendment, if necessary, provide moneyenough to acquire nearly all of the forest land left. That would be usinggood judgment. I can only give the warning, state the facts, and sincerelyhope the warning will be heeded. The next important thing that should be taken up, considered andacted on is, how can we improve the method of handling the forests we haveand those to be acquired? In considering and dealing with that subject,we should divest ourselves of all sentimental, purely aesthetic and selfishnotions, and consider and solve the question in a practical business way.If we want the property only to obtain and own some forest land, to paytaxes on it, to spend a large amount of money in trying to protect the
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MODERN INVASION OF THE WOODS FOREST, FISH AND GAME COMMISSIONER. 63 property from fire and trespass, to have a large number of acres to surroundthe holdings of the few, to inconvenience other owners who want to worktheir holdings and cannot because they cannot get in or out across Stateland, to make it impossible for many small owners in that country to con-veniently get firewood without committing trespass, to prevent to a largeextent the utilization of much of the very valuable water horsepower, toprevent the destruction of good roads through this wonderful, beautifulcountry that it may be conveniently visited, toured through and made thefinest and most accessible Natures beauty spot in the world where a millionpeople would visit instead of a few hundred thousand annually, then weare all right in our present policy and all we need to do is to strictly enforcethe Constitution. If, on the other hand, we want that which we have and that whichwe may hereafter acquire for a forest preser

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