. A state park plan for New York, with a proposal for the new park bond issue. Parks. SLANT ROCK CAMP ON THE JOHN S BROOK TRAIL TO MT. MARCY tered faster than they reproduce themselves, they are extermi- nated. It is the same with trees; they are being killed faster than they are being reproduced; they are being exterminated. The softwood trees are taken off for lumber and pulpwood, and then the hardwood men go in and remove every remaining stick for woodenware of various kinds, acid, etc. The ground is virtually stripped clean; often dangerous slashes are left; fire ensues, and sometimes even
. A state park plan for New York, with a proposal for the new park bond issue. Parks. SLANT ROCK CAMP ON THE JOHN S BROOK TRAIL TO MT. MARCY tered faster than they reproduce themselves, they are extermi- nated. It is the same with trees; they are being killed faster than they are being reproduced; they are being exterminated. The softwood trees are taken off for lumber and pulpwood, and then the hardwood men go in and remove every remaining stick for woodenware of various kinds, acid, etc. The ground is virtually stripped clean; often dangerous slashes are left; fire ensues, and sometimes even the soil, the very source of tree life, is destroyed. Until conditions change so that forest owners are encouraged to replant, or until the state extends a guiding hand over private forests, the only way to save the forests or to give nature her chance, is for the state to extend the Forest Pre- serve. IS. 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 New York state association. Committee on state park plan. [New York, M. B. Brown printing & binding co. ]
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