. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters), no. 33-35. Forests and forestry. common that until recently it was generally believed that fire and smTe were a natural part of the seasons. Generation after generation r gro^rt'p'^^^^ impression that forests needed no protection. The line of least resistence has become ingrained with most people The result has been that millions of acres of forest land have been burned over and kept from producing a wood crop. U has been esti- mated thit at least five million acres of forest soil m Pennsylvania have Ten kept in a waste condition by f
. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters), no. 33-35. Forests and forestry. common that until recently it was generally believed that fire and smTe were a natural part of the seasons. Generation after generation r gro^rt'p'^^^^ impression that forests needed no protection. The line of least resistence has become ingrained with most people The result has been that millions of acres of forest land have been burned over and kept from producing a wood crop. U has been esti- mated thit at least five million acres of forest soil m Pennsylvania have Ten kept in a waste condition by fire and that the annual loss to the Commonwealth has been as much as $100,000,000. Even now with a somewhat awakened public one quarter million acres over each veTrTn Pennsylvania. It seems certain that more imber has been kept from reaching merchantable size, and consequently not available for use as a result of such fires, than was ever harvested m the Common- wealth by lumbermen. Verily we have been and stil are burning up millions and bringing about very unsatisfactory living conditions without a thought for the future. oant^c^mn Now the forests are limited in extent. Of Pennsylvania s 28,000 000 acres of primeval forests, stocked with timber, m quality ^f^^l^^l^^^^^^ anything found in the eastern states, there are now about 13,000,000 acres of woodlands. Only a few million acres have merchantable material upon them. The balance has only young growth and vast areas have nothing but brush of valueless species. But with the decreasing area of the forest and the decreased crop on the remaining forest area, the demands for wood have increased un- tiU almost four-fifths of the wood used in Pensylvania must be brought ffreat distances from other states. In this way everything we use is more expensive because of the lack of a local supply of wood. The for- est is no longer our enemy, but it is the most essential natural resource for our continued welfare. Therefore, our slog
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