. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters), no. 36-37. Forests and forestry. r few people at work in the woods, the future will see thousands profitably employed. The destruc- tion of our forests meant not merely the end of the timber .supply. It also caused the wiping out of hundreds of homes and many towns. The restoration of the forests will mean the restora- tion of homes and communities within or near the forests. Even more pleasing is the thought tluA these future forest communities will be established on a permanent l)asis. Never again will the forests of Pennsylvania be
. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters), no. 36-37. Forests and forestry. r few people at work in the woods, the future will see thousands profitably employed. The destruc- tion of our forests meant not merely the end of the timber .supply. It also caused the wiping out of hundreds of homes and many towns. The restoration of the forests will mean the restora- tion of homes and communities within or near the forests. Even more pleasing is the thought tluA these future forest communities will be established on a permanent l)asis. Never again will the forests of Pennsylvania be destroyed as they were i)i the past. In the future the timber will be harvested as succe«-sive crops become mature, but the for- est will exist indefinitely, jiroducing wood and other important })roducts continuously. The highest ideal of forestry is to make the forest permanently productive. When this is accom- ])lished, the forests will be far more useful to man than they have been in the past. They will then have reached their greatest possible useful- ness. The State forests of Pennsylvania co'.istitute a big and ])rofital)le business. They have more than doubled in value since they were purchased. Their present worth is conservatively estimated at considerably more than $15,000,000. The net gain in their value is conservatively esti- mated at more than $5,000,000. This figure is established on the assumption that the value of the hunting, fishing, and other recreational priv- ileges at least equals the interest charges on the investment. We know that these privileges are actually worth more than that. In addition to 68. U :^ o K < < o H H Hi o H O w Oh On go. GO M Q bH H QC U o. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Pennsylvania. Dept. of Forests and Waters. Harrisburg, Pa. : The Depar
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