. The passenger pigeon in Pennsylvania, its remarkable history, habits and extinction, with interesting side lights on the folk and forest lore of the Alleghenian region of the old Keystone state. fare of the nation demands that a forest should not betreated as a mine, but should be so handled as to makeit possible to cut the same amount of timber year afteryear from any given area. We know, too, that for thelong-time investment which such management involves,public rather than private ownership will have to berelied on. The work of reconstruction which the State ofPennsylvania is now undertak
. The passenger pigeon in Pennsylvania, its remarkable history, habits and extinction, with interesting side lights on the folk and forest lore of the Alleghenian region of the old Keystone state. fare of the nation demands that a forest should not betreated as a mine, but should be so handled as to makeit possible to cut the same amount of timber year afteryear from any given area. We know, too, that for thelong-time investment which such management involves,public rather than private ownership will have to berelied on. The work of reconstruction which the State ofPennsylvania is now undertaking at Cross Fork pointsthe wav to what can be done under similar conditions 122 THE PASSENGER PIGEON IN PENNSYLVANIA elsewhere. Above all, however, it is imperative to pre-vent repetitions of the tragedy in regions where itis not yet too late. The attainment of both objectslies in retaining and extending public owaiership oflands primarily valuable for forest production. Onlyin an ownership which builds for the future as well asfor the present can we hope for the highest possible de-velopment of our forest resources and the establish-ment of prosperous, permanent forest communities. ^^^^^.
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